Ruellia ciliosa Pursh var. cinerascens Fernald
Ruellia humilis sensu Small， non Nutt.
Ruellia caroliniensis (J.F. Gmel.) Steud. ssp. ciliosa (Pursh) R.W. Long var. cinerascens (Fernald) Kartesz & Gandhi
Hairy wild petunia, wild petunia, Carolina wild petunia
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Ruellia ciliosa Pursh
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh var. cinerascens Fernald
Ruellia humilis sensu Small， non Nutt.
Ruellia ciliosa Pursh var. cinerascens Fernald
Ruellia humilis sensu Small， non Nutt.
The petunia is at top left. The foreground plant is Cirsium horridulum. · 4/14/2015 · Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 14 × 10″ (35 × 24 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Lamiales | Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary |
| Family | Acanthaceae | Acanthus family, of tropical herbs and shrubs |
| Genus | Ruellia | Named for physician and botanist Jean Ruel, whose translation of Dioscorides, Materia medica, written in 65 AD, became the basis for modern pharmaceutical and herbal writing |
| Species | caroliniensis | Low-growing, humble |
| ssp. | ciliosa | Fringed or ciliate |
| var. | cinerascens | Becoming ashy-gray |
Ruellia caroliniensis ssp. ciliosa var. cinerascens description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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