Ruellia prostrata
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Ruellia |
| Species: | R. prostrata |
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Ruellia prostrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Acanthaceae.
Ruellia prostrata is a perennial herb or small shrub growing up to 1.5 m tall, with erect to decumbent stems arising from a woody rootstock. Leaves are ovate to elliptic, 4–9.5 cm long, and shortly to distinctly petiolate. Flowers are mauve or white, solitary or in small axillary cymes. The calyx is deeply five-lobed, and the fruit is a hairy, many-seeded capsule.[2]
