Smooth Ruellia or Smooth Wild Petunia
Ruellia strepens
                    
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DSMF0091
 
left Smooth Ruellia or Smooth Wild Petunia Flower Photograph right
 
2006 Photograph, Smooth Ruellia or Smooth Wild Petunia (Ruellia strepens, Acanthus Family, Acanthaceae), River Bend Park on the Potomac, Great Falls, Virginia, © 2022.
Jian Zhe Li
Species information from eNature.com:  Violet Wild Petunia (Similar Species)

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