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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Ruellia simplex C. Wright
Britton’s wild petunia, Mexican bluebell

Ruellia simplex
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Acanthaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Synonyms: R. brittoniana, R. malacosperma, R. tweediana

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Sparingly naturalized. An herbarium voucher is needed for the Monroe County Keys.

Other data on Ruellia simplex available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Ruellia simplex has been reported from the following 2 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Dry Tortugas National Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Little Hamaca Park Present Not Native, Naturalized




Ruellia simplex has been reported for the following 3 habitats in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland


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Ruellia simplex
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Ruellia simplex
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Ruellia simplex
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley