Ruellia haenkeana var. haenkeana
Limestone Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
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- Botanical name
- Ruellia strepens
- Also known as
- Limestone Wild Petunia
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Ruellia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Limestone Wild Petunia
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ruellia strepens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Dipteracanthus micranthus
Dipteracanthus oblongatus
Dipteracanthus strepens
Dipteracanthus strepens f. pedunculatus
Dipteracanthus strepens var. calycinus
Dipteracanthus strepens var. clandestinus
Dipteracanthus strepens var. dillenii
Dipteracanthus strepens var. strictus
Dipteracanthus strictus
Hygrophila illinoiensis
Ruellia biflora
Ruellia foliosa
Ruellia oblongifolia
Ruellia ovata
Ruellia strepens f. alba
Ruellia strepens f. cleistantha
Ruellia strepens f. strepens
Ruellia strepens var. cleistantha
Ruellia strepens var. micrantha
Ruellia vinciflora
Others in Ruellia
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