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Green shrimpplant, Browne's blechum
Ruellia blechum
Acanthaceae
 

Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Range: Nonnative. Native to the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America. Sometimes cultivated and widely naturalized as a weed in Florida.

Plant Map Map of select IRC data from peninsular Florida.

Wildlife and Ecology: Larval host plant for malachite (Siproeta stelenes) butterflies.

Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
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Copyright by: Alexander Blochel, 2018
In habitat, Ned Glenn Nature Preserve, Florida

Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer


Other data on Ruellia blechum available from:

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants


 
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