Taxon: Ruellia caroliniensis (J. F. Gmel.) Steud.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana [s.], New Jersey, Ohio [s.], West Virginia
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas [e.]

References:

• Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland.
• Chester, E. W. et al. 1993–1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
• Wasshausen, D. C. 1998. Acanthaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 63:107–108.
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ruellia caroliniensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ruellia caroliniensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ruellia caroliniensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Pattersonia caroliniensis J. F. Gmel. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Ruellia caroliniensis (J. F. Gmel.) Steud.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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