| Ruellia drummondiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. drummondiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A.Gray | |
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| Range of Ruellia drummondiana | |
Ruellia drummondiana (syn. Dipteracanthus drummondianus Nees), also known as Drummond's wild petunia, is a flowering plant endemic to central Texas in the United States. It was first collected by naturalist Thomas Drummond and first described in 1847. R. drummondiana stands up to 3' with an herbaceous dark green ridged stem and purple flowers. Unlike the majority of Ruellia in the United States, R. drummondiana produces fruit with only 2–4 seeds, as opposed to 6–20 as is common throughout the genus.
References
- Natural Resources Conservation Service. (n.d.). Ruellia drummondiana (Nees) A. Gray. USDA Plants Database. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=RUDR
- ^ LONG, R. W. (1966). GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF THE TEXAS ENDEMIC RUELLIA DRUMMONDIANA (ACANTHACEAE). SIDA, Contributions to Botany, 2(6), 419–427. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41966313
- Ruellia drummondiana. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – The University of Texas at Austin. (n.d.). https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=rudr#:~:text=Size%20Notes%3A%20Up%20to%20about,Flower%3A%20Flowers%2042%20mm%20long.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ruellia drummondiana |
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| Dipteracanthus drummondianus | |
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