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Ruellia Caroliniensis " Wild Petunia"
Ruellia Caroliniensis " Wild Petunia"
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Ruellia Caroliniensis " Wild Petunia"
Butterfly host plant for buckeye( Junonia Coenia) and White Peacock (Anartia Jatrophea)
Pot Size: 1 Gallon
Height: 8" to 16"
Facts about Ruellia Caroliniensis:
Description: This pretty perennial reaches about 16" tall with opposite, hairy, elliptic leaves that average 1 1/2"-2" long and 3/4"-1" wide. Flowers are trumpet shaped to about 1 1/4"-1 1/2" wide and range from blue to pinkish.
Bloom Season: All year
Habitat/Range: Sandhills and wet flat woods of the eastern and central United States, south through mainland Florida.
Family: Acanthaceae
Zones: 8 to 10
Height: 6" to 18"
Sun: Part Shade Full sun
Water: Moist
![ruellia caroliniensis " wild petunia" is host plant for buckeye butterfly](http://edenofwings.com/cdn/shop/files/ruellia1.jpg?v=1714941640&width=1445)
![buckeyes butterfly uses wild petunia as a host plant](http://edenofwings.com/cdn/shop/files/buckeyebutterfly_60ba5db5-16ee-4a5b-9f21-4cecbc2e678e.jpg?v=1716498374&width=1445)