Ruellia noctiflora

Ruellia noctiflora

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Native to Louisiana. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: Up to 6 hours of direct sun
Soil moisture: Average to wet

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 1 Louisiana parish.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Louisiana. Shared habitat, not food. 141 animals.

American Goldfinch
Carduelis tristis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
American Kestrel
Falco sparverius
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Cooper's Hawk
Accipiter cooperii
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Eurasian Collared-dove
Streptopelia decaocto
Birds. 3 shared habitats
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Accipiter striatus
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Snowy Egret
Egretta thula
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Yellow-breasted Chat
Icteria virens
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Birds. 3 shared habitats
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Birds. 3 shared habitats
American Black Duck
Anas rubripes
Birds. 2 shared habitats

All wildlife of Louisiana

Ecological relationships

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What these records mean

5CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including LA

Genus host records with ranges including LA · Ruellia

Junonia coeniaCommon Buckeye
Anthanassa texanaTexan Crescent
Tripudia paraplesiaX
Tripudia rectangulaWild Petunia Seed Moth, Rectangular Tripudia
Hileithia aplicalis

Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)

13BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Ruellia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0

0Specialist beesPollen specialists

—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: ACANTHACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

Conservation status

Louisiana rank	S1
Global rank	Not available
LA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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