NSIS: Florida Gardening with Native Plants


ACANTHUS FAMILY (ACANTHACEAE)
Butterfly larval food Ruellia: Buckeyes, Cuban Crescents, Malachites, Silvery Checkerspots, White Peacocks

name	area	flower & fruit	season	other

Twinflower Dyschoriste oblongifolia	NCS	purple	SpSuF	p
Large-flowered water willow Justicia crassifolia	N	purple	Sp	p
Water willow Justicia ovata	NCS	pink	SpSu	p
Wild petunia Ruellia caroliniensis	NCS	lilac	SpSu	p
(no common name) Ruellia malacosperma	S	purple	SpSuF	p

Codes:

N=north
C=central
S=south

Sp=spring
Su=summer
F=fall
W=winter

a=annual
b=biennial
p=perennial
s=shrub
t=tree
v=vine

i=invasive

ta=toxic to animals
th=toxic to humans