Ruellia simplex
naturalizedAcanthaceae

Ruellia simplex

Mexican Ruellia

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. It has become a widespread invasive plant in Florida, where it was likely introduced as an ornamental before 1933.

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Where documented · 80 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 194 · GBIF 128 records
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 20 · GBIF 21
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 18 · GBIF 6
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 12
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 11 · GBIF 10
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 8
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 5
Paeahu · MauiiNat 9 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 5
Kamaʻole · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 4
Paunau · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 5
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 6 · GBIF 2
Waikapū · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
South Olohena · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waipouli · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honokeana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1