Common Name: Wild Petunia

Latin Name: Ruellia humilis

Height: 12 inches

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Purple

Bloom Time: June - August

Water Use: Low

Soil: Medium, Medium-dry, Dry

Light Requirement: Sun

Spreads via seeds and root division

Host: Common Buckeye butterfly caterpillar.

Pollinators: Long-tongued bees including Anthophorid bees and leaf-cutting bees. Short-tongued bees will also visit the flowers, but are not as effective pollinators.

Other Information: Wild Petunia is not a relative of the annual, horticulture petunia but it looks almost identical! Makes a great ground cover.