Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Ruellia prostrata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Poir.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 349 (1804)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1804	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Prostrate wild petunia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Central African Rep. to Eritrea and S. Africa, Arabian Pen., Indian Subcontinent, Christmas I. to SW. Pacific	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb	Forb/herb · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced

Ruellia prostrata Poir., 1804 14% complete

Prostrate wild petunia

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