Ruellia amoena

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Red Christmas pride
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Ruellia
Species: R. amoena

Binomial name
Ruellia amoena
Nees

Red Christmas pride (Tropical wild petunia; 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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