
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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Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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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 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kahuku · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 3
Mokulēʻia 1 · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Niumalu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pāʻā · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Papaʻanui · MauiiNat 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kawela · OʻahuiNat 2
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 2
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Pūlehunui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 2
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2
Honokeana · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kapaeloa · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kapaka · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kapālama · OʻahuGBIF 2
Kaunakakai · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Puʻukapu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 1
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1
Weliweli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Palauea · MauiiNat 1
ʻŌmaʻopio · MauiiNat 1
ʻAliomanu · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Olowalu · MauiiNat 1
Pāhoa · MauiiNat 1
Mākao · OʻahuiNat 1
Keonepokonui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1
Hāmākualoa · MauiiNat 1
Haʻikū · MauiiNat 1
Paʻalaʻa · OʻahuiNat 1
Pālāwai · LānaʻiiNat 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Makawao · MauiiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Waikahekahenui · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Haneoʻo · MauiiNat 1
Mokulēʻia 2 · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kāhili · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Waiakoa · MauiGBIF 1
Mailepai · MauiGBIF 1
Waimea · OʻahuGBIF 1





