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Ruellia verbasciformis

Ruellia verbasciformis is a Brazilian Cerrado species of the Acanthus family, endemic to west-central Brazil. Little is documented about its cultivation, so the care advice here is general guidance for Ruellia.

Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top of the soil dries, and reduce watering in the cooler, drier season.
Soil
Well-drained soil or a standard potting mix with added sand or perlite.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
WC. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Ruellia verbasciformis (syn. Eurychanes verbasciformis (Nees) Lindau) is a species of flowering plant native to the Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. It is endemic to west-central Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.

Other Ruellia plants

Ruellia acutangula · Ruellia affinis · Ruellia angustior · Ruellia asperula · Ruellia bahiensis · Browne's Blechum · Ruellia brevicaulis · Tropical wild petunia · Ruellia californica · Carolina wild petunia · Ruellia currorii · Ruellia densa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ruellia verbasciformis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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