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Wild Petunia, Ruellias

Ruellia sp.

Photo by Eric Noora
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Ruellia

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Wild petunia

Ruellia sp.

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Harsha Singh
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Comments (4)
iamcherreymaiya
They grow in our yard. I used to collect the pods and throw them in the water. One of my favorite pastime as a child. ;-)
Eric Noora
Thanks Alice. I guess they do grow easily. This was wildly growing in a grassy portion where we park our cars to ride a boat to our dive resort :-)
alicelongmartin
I call them Mexican Petunia in my yard in Florida, but I am Think Petunia is all right. They grow very easily.

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2011

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