Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Vascular Plant Herbarium
Vascular Plant Database Family Results
Category: Dicots
Family Name: Acanthaceae
SPECIES
- Dicliptera brachiata
(Pursh) Spreng.
NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
Common Name: branched foldwing
- 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 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
*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.
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