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Natural Area Weeds: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex)

Sandra B. Wilson, Adrienne Burkhead, Carrie Reinhardt Adams, and Rosanna Freyre


Release Date: 10/1/2023

Reviewed At: 9/23/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ep415-2020

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Integrated Pest Management

About this Publication

This document is ENH1155, one of a series of the Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2010. Revised November 2020 and September 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Sandra B. Wilson, professor; Adrienne Burkhead, former graduate student; Carrie Reinhardt Adams, associate professor; Rosanna Freyre, research scientist; Department of Environmental Horticulture, UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Wilson, S. B., Burkhead, A., Adams, C. R., Freyre, R., Fox, A. M., & Stocker, R. (2020). Natural Area Weeds: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex). EDIS, 2020(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep415-2020

Authors

Sandra Wilson
Sandra Wilson
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences

Rosanna Freyre
Rosanna Freyre

former research scientist, UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture Department, Gainesville, FL

Carrie Reinhardt Adams
Carrie Reinhardt Adams
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, restoration and plant ecology, UF/IFAS Department of Horticulture, Gainesville, FL 

Publication #ENH1155

Ruellia simplex