Ruellia brevifolia, the tropical wild petunia[1] or red Christmas pride, is an ornamental plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to South America, from Colombia to southern Brazil and northern Argentina.[2]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Ruellia brevifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^Ezcurra, Cecilia (1993). "Systematics of Ruellia (Acanthaceae) in Southern South America". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 80 (4): 802. doi:10.2307/2399931. JSTOR 2399931.
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