Ruellia patula Jacq.

🌿 Common Name: Spreading Ruellia

🔄 Synonyms:
  • Dipteracanthus patulus ( Jacq.) Nees.
  • Petalidium patulum (Jacq.) Dalzell & A. Gibson
  • Dipteracanthus erectus Nees.

IUCN Status

Not Applicable : Not Applicable
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  • Khetri / Jhunjhunun / Jaipur
  • Naturally grown
  • It is a erect, much branched, basally woody shrub with Leaves entire densely velvet-hairy on both sides, entire margin, elliptic-ovate rarely obovate. Flowers pale white to pale violet, stalkless, usually solitary in leaf axil. 

    Sources: POWO, FOI

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    Ruellia patula: Habit
    It is a native perennial/annual shrub/subshrub, grows primarily in seasonally dry tropical biomes from Africa to Indian Subcontinent and Indo-China.Open flowers
    Open flowers
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  • Flowering buds
    Flowering buds
    Usually flowers bloom at Night and shed early morning

Plant Phenological Events

Month Phenological Events
July 🌼 Flowering, 🌹 Bud Stage
September 🌹 Bud Stage, 🌿 New Leaves Emerge, 🍒 Fruiting, 🌼 Flowering

Systematic position

DivisionAngiosperm
ClassDicotyledons
Sub-ClassGamopetalae
SeriesBicarpellatae
OrdPERSONALES
FamilyACANTHACEAE
SpeciesRuellia patula Jacq.
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