Description: English: Ruellia simplex (Britton's wild petunia, Mexican petunia, Mexican bluebell) is a species of flowering plant in the acanthus family, Acanthaceae. It is a native of Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America. Ruellia simplex is an evergreen perennial growing 3 ft (0.91 m) tall, forming colonies of stalks with lance-shaped leaves that are 6 to 12 in (15 to 30 cm) and.5 to.75 in (1.3 to 1.9 cm) wide. Trumpet shaped flowers are metallic blue to purple, with five petals, and 3 in (7.6 cm) wide. Date: 5 July 2018, 07:40:17. Source: Own work. Author: Sathya K Selvam.
Description: English: Dwarf Mexican Petunia or Katie Pink or Katie Ruellia -- Ruellia simplex. Date: 29 May 2016. Source: Own work. Author: Jim Evans. Camera location29° 30′ 50.22″ N, 95° 05′ 18.59″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 29.513949; -95.088496.
Description: English: Horticultural specimen in the Urban Greening Botanical Garden - Kiba Park - Koto, Tokyo, Japan. Date: 12 August 2017, 21:57:20. Source: Own work. Author: Daderot.
Description: English: Flowers and leaves of Ruellia simplex Español: Flores y hojas de Ruellia simplex. Date: 10 November 2020, 17:24:06. Source: Own work. Author: Prahlad balaji. Camera location33° 18′ 09.55″ N, 112° 05′ 39.97″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.302654; -112.094436.
Description: Known misleadingly as the Mexican Petunia, here growing among agaves on the Huatulco Coast. Date: 20 December 2013, 22:12. Source: Ruellia simplex. Author: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada.
Description: English: Flowers and leaves of Ruellia simplex Español: Flores y hojas de Ruellia simplex. Date: 10 November 2020, 17:25:28. Source: Own work. Author: Prahlad balaji. Camera location33° 18′ 09.57″ N, 112° 05′ 40.01″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.302658; -112.094447.
Description: English: Ruellia simplex (labelled as Ruellia brittoniana) at Springs Preserve in Las Vegas. Date: 14 September 2016, 00:14:19. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.
Description: English: Ruellia simplex in the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. Date: 4 September 2016, 20:45:10. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.
Description: English: Ruellia malacosperma at Tucson Botanical Gardens, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Identified by sign. Date: 6 September 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Stickpen. Permission(Reusing this file): public domain.