Ruellia tuberosa L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Acanthaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ruellia tuberosa L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Roots narrowly fusiform, clustered; stem erect or ascending, branched or simple, 2-6 dm. high, finely pubescent. Leaves ovate or oblong, 10 cm. long or less, undulate, finely pubescent, narrowed into margined petioles; cymes several-flowered, peduneled; bracts narrow, small; calyx hispid-pubescent, its linear lobes 12-20 mm. long; corolla purple, 4-6 em. long, its tube rather abruptly expanded above; capsules puberulent, about 1.5 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Shaded grounds, New Providence, Eleuthera and Cat Island: southern United States; West Indies and continental tropical America. Tuberous Ruellia.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| West Indies|