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violet ruellia

Ruellia nudiflora

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 575, February 550, March 624, April 1,185, May 726, June 1,167, July 1,314, August 834, September 943, October 495, November 539, December 523.
Texas14,157
United States7,033
Mexico734
Louisiana486
Nuevo Leon170
Yucatan124
Mississippi81
Chiapas64
Arizona61
Quintana Roo59

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Traits

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyAcanthus Family · Acanthaceae
GenusRuellias · Ruellia

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