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Ruellia chartacea

(T.Anderson) Wassh. (1987)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Ruellia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Opera Bot. 92: 365 (1987)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ruellia chartacea Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Magoon Greenhouse Facility Potted; growing under shade cloth. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 0.4 m tall; bracts subtending flowers - scarlet. Corolla a mixture of mandarin red, scarlet, and orange. Flower not fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1312 Oahu BISH 1985-08-15
2 Ruellia chartacea Kawaihau District. Cultivated plant existing in front of abandoned Alexander Nursery. 6566-C Kuamoo Road. Cultivated. Deep shade, understory. Preserved_Specimen Large weak-stemmed herbaceous perennial. Red-orange bracts nearly conceal flowers. Opposite elliptic, 15-18 cm. long and 6-8 cm,. Broad leaves. Lux, E. 6 Kauai BISH 2022-10-28
3 Ruellia chartacea Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Magoon Greenhouse Facility Potted; growing under shade cloth. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 0.4 m tall; bracts subtending flowers - scarlet. Corolla a mixture of mandarin red, scarlet, and orange. Flower not fragrant (noon). Lau, J. 1312 Oahu BISH 1985-08-15
4 Ruellia chartacea Kona District, Manoa. Lyon Arboretum: Lower Lawn Mauka-growing just south of breadfruit tree. Preserved_Specimen Small shrub, 1-2 m tall with showy red bracts, leaves rough and dark green, stems with white lenticels. Dunn, L. 585 Oahu BISH 2016-02-18
5 Ruellia chartacea University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu. Dept. of Horticulture greenhouse Cultivated in greenhouse. Preserved_Specimen Bracts scarlet; corolla tube scarlet at proximal end, orange to yellow at distal end; throat yellow; lobes orange on abaxial surface, red orange on adaxial surface. Criley, R. Kauai BISH 1985-01-17
6 Ruellia chartacea Koloa District, Lawai Valley, National Tropical Botanical Garden; Bamboo Bridge Preserved_Specimen Shrub 8' tall; stems erect; leaves dk glossy green above, pale green below; inflorescence erect, bracts scarlet, corolla tube orange with paler orange lobes. Flynn, T.W. 4900 Kauai BISH 1992-02-25
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