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Ruellia formosa, Andr. Fig. 3510. A low-growing, tender, herbaceous perennial: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, hairy on both sides: fls. on straight, axillary peduncles, corolla scarlet, showy, 1 1/2 in. long, the upper 2 lobes joined for half their length. Summer. Brazil. B.M. 1400.—Cult. in Calif.

Ruellia formosa, Andr. A low-growing, tender, herbaceous perennial: lvs. ovate, rounded at the base, hairy on both sides: fls. on straight, axillary peduncles, corolla scarlet, showy, 1 1/2 in. long, the upper 2 lobes joined for half their length. Summer. Brazil.—Cult. in Calif.

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| color = lightgreen

 

| name = ''Ruellia formosa''

 

| regnum = [[Plant]]ae

===Propagation===

| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

 

| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]

 

===Pests and diseases===

 

| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''

 

| species = '''''R. formosa'''''

==Varieties==

| binomial = ''Ruellia formosa''

 

| binomial_authority = [[Henry Charles Andrews|Andrews]]

 

==Gallery==

'''''Ruellia formosa''''' is a [[plant]] native of [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], which is usually used like an [[ornamental plant]], and it is pollinated by [[hummingbird]]s.  

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==References==

==References==

La Rue, Carl D. ''Intumescences on Poplar Leaves. I. Structure and Development'' [American Journal of Botany], Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1933), pp. 1-17 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9122%28193301%2920%3A1%3C1%3AIOPLIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q&size=LARGE#abstract Abstract]

 

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

==External links==

==External links==

* [http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/page.asp?relation=QK241H911808V1&identifier=0355  Missouri Botanical Garden: illustration of ''Ruellia formosa'']

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