EPPO Global Database

Ruellia simplex(RUEBR)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-03-01

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: RUEBR
  • Preferred name: Ruellia simplex
  • Authority: Wright

Notes

USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Ecuador and Peru to Argentina and Uruguay, Brazil (southern and eastern). Introduced in Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar), Malesia (southeastern islands), Venezuela


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Ruellia brittoniana Leonard
Ruellia caerulea Morong
Ruellia malacosperma Greenman

Common names
Name Language
Britton's wild petunia English (US)
desert petunia English
Mexican blue bells English
Mexican petunia English
softseed wild petunia English (US)