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'''''Red Christmas pride''''' ('''Tropical wild petunia'''; [[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Cyrtacanthus corymbosus'',  ''Echinacanthus dichotomus'', ''Ruellia brevifolia'', ''Ruellia graecizans'', ''Ruellia longifolia'', ''Ruellia serratitheca'', ''Ruellia ventricosa'', ''Stephanophysum brevifolium'', ''Stephanophysum longifolium'', ''Stephanophysum macrandrum'', and ''Stephanophysum ventricosum'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Argentina]], [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], and [[Mexico]].

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Ruellia amoena, Nees (Stephanophysum longifolium, Pohl). A half-hardy perennial, about 1 1/2 ft. high: lvs. oblong-lanceolate or oblong, narrowed at both ends; margins repand-denticulate or simply repand: fls. bright red, in axillary sprays in summer. Brazil.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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