Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Acanthaceae

Dicliptera - [maps | photos]

• Dicliptera brachiata (Pursh) Spreng.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
  Common Name: branched foldwing

Justicia - [maps | photos]

• Justicia americana (L.) Vahl
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American water willow

• Justicia ovata (Walter) Lindau var. lanceolata (Chapman) R.W. Long
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: looseflower water willow

Ruellia - [maps | photos]

• Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud.
  Common Name: Carolina wild petunia

• Ruellia humilis Nutt.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
  Common Name: fringeleaf wild petunia

• Ruellia purshiana Fernald (TN Special Concern)
  Common Name: Pursh's wild petunia

• Ruellia strepens L.
  NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
  Common Name: limestone wild petunia

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.