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Fringeleaf Wild Petunia

Ruellia humilis

Photo by Psilo
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Found a pretty little wildflower, thought I'd identify it!
http://www.flwildflowers.com/gallery/
Only took me about 5 minutes to find an image that looked exactly like mine. In the website it's listed as petunia. Specifically Ruellia ciliosa. The common name is the Fringeleaf Wild Petunia.
http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2630
For some reason, Duval is not listed. But it also says 'not vouchered', it does not say 'not present, proven' or anything similar.
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUHU&photoID=ruhu_008_avp.jpg
Apparently ciliosa is a synonym for humilis. Seems legit.

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