Acanthaceae Week: Ruellia simplex from Delhi

[Gurcharan Singh]

Ruellia simplex C.Wright, Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 6: 321 1869.

syn: Ruellia brittoniana Leonard (illegitimate); Ruellia coerulea Morong; Ruellia spectabilis (Hook.) G. Nicholson

Small shrub with long linear leaves, not more than 2 cm broad, entire or undulate; flowers on elongate axillary peduncles; corolla up to 4 cm long, lavander, tube expanded above, often darker in the throat; lobes rounded, spreading. Often grown on Ridge in Delhi and as hedge in Gardens. Photographed from Ridge in Delhi. 

Common names: Mexican blue-bells, Spanish-ladies

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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