Ruellia – Ruellia Ciliosa

Ruellia flowers are 2-inch (5 cm.) long funnel-shaped blooms growing on a perennial shrub. Originally native to Mexico, it is now found in the Southwest United States, naturalized in many areas. Ruellia flowers from mid spring through the first frosts of fall with purple or blue blooms (on occasion red or pink) on purple stems.
The widely adaptable Ruellia brittoniana, also known as Mexican petunia, Mexican barrio, Mexican bluebell and most commonly wild petunia, has an equally spreading habitat of about 3 feet (91 cm.) with low drooping branches and linear serrated leaves of a variegated purple hue.