Mexican Ruellia Flower. There are a few common names as well as different cultivars. It is sometimes named Ruellia brittoniana but R.
Mexican petunia is a vigorous some say aggressive shrubby woody-based plant is that is easy to. Simplex is preferred as it is the name first given to the plant when described in Cuba. Borne solitary or in clusters at the tips of purplish stems they rise above the.
The wild form has purple.
Ruellia simplex or Mexican petunia is a herbaceous evergreen perennial of the Acanthaceae family. Simplex is preferred as it is the name first given to the plant when described in Cuba. They are attractive when massed together or planted in a container where flexible stems droop over the pot. Simplex the name of a species described from material collected in Cuba in 1870 is the oldest name for the Neotropical species generally known as Ruellia tweediana Ruellia coerulea and Ruellia malacosperma.