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Purple Flower identification help

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Posted by aventine 8 (My Page) on

Thu, Jul 2, 09 at 5:26

I have searched the internet and can't figure out the name of this plant.

It has purple flowers that have 5 petals and they don't last very long, maybe a day, before they fall off.

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Posted by sweet_betsy z7 No AL USA (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 2, 09 at 6:42

Mexican petunia perhaps?

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Posted by tedhort SYD/AUST (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 2, 09 at 6:51

Hi,

Looks a lot like a species of Ruellia to me.

Regards,

Ted

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Posted by aventine 8 (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 2, 09 at 19:11

Thank you so much! I had been searching for months.

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