Petunia integrifolia
Petunia
violet-flower petunia
petunia
1–7 dm.
erect or ascending to decumbent [prostrate], branched at base and distal nodes.
blades: proximalmost oblanceolate, distalmost lanceolate to ovate, 1.4–7.2 (including petiole) × 0.3–3 cm, margins entire.
alternate, geminate subtending flowers at distal nodes, petiolate.
axillary, solitary flowers.
1–6 cm.
calyx 5–14 mm, lobes 3–11 mm;
corolla rose-purple (drying deep violet), veins sometimes darker rose-purple or violet (not distinct from rest of corolla when dried), funnelform with slight abaxial bulge in the tube, tube 1–3 cm, limb 1–4 cm diam.;
stamens inserted at base of corolla tube, longest 2 surpassing style;
anthers and pollen blue to violet;
filaments light purple to green;
pistil 1–2.2 cm.
5-merous, radially symmetric;
calyx campanulate, lobes 5, linear [lanceolate], not accrescent (lobes erect or reflexed);
corolla white to rose-purple (drying deep violet) [red], throat reticulated rose-purple or greenish white, radial, salverform to funnelform with shallow, rounded lobes;
stamens slightly unequal (2 long, 2 medium, 1 short [4 equal, 1 longer]), inserted at base or near midpoint of corolla tube;
anthers ventrifixed, oblong to elliptic, dehiscing by longitudinal slits;
ovary 2-carpellate;
style slender to thick, curved to straight;
stigma obconic to capitate-truncate, 2-lobed.
capsules (2-valved, apex bidentate or entire, dehiscence septicidal), ovoid, length 1/2–3/4 calyx lobes.
3–9 mm.
globose-reniform (red-brown; foveolate-reticulate with coarse, wavy middle lamellae and anticlinal walls).
= 7.
= 14.
Petunia integrifolia
Petunia
Naturalized populations of Petunia integrifolia appear to have been more common prior to the 1960s, based on herbarium specimens.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Species 17 (3, including 1 hybrid, in the flora).
The hybrid of Petunia axillaris and P. integrifolia, P. × atkinsiana, is one of the most popular ornamental garden plants today and has been grown in cultivation since its creation around 1834 (T. Ando et al. 2005). Natural hybridization does not occur, even in the species’ native ranges, due to differences in pollination syndrome (Ando et al. 1999, 2001; M. E. Hoballah et al. 2007; T. Gübitz et al. 2009). Artificial hybridization results in viable seed when the carpellate parent is P. axillaris (Ando et al. 1999, 2001, 2005b; Gübitz et al. 2009; T. L. Sims and T. P. Robbins 2009).
Since the late eighteenth century, the parent species have been popular garden plants in their own rights; today, they are grown much less commonly than the hybrid. Three species occur in the flora area as naturalized populations in disturbed areas; they probably do not persist for more than a few years.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Corollas ivory to white, salverform. | P. axillaris |
1. Corollas white to pale pink or rose-purple (drying deep violet), ± funnelform. | → 2 |
2. Corollas rose-purple (drying deep violet), with slight abaxial bulge in the tube, tube 1–3 cm, limb 1–4 cm diam. | P. integrifolia |
2. Corollas white to pale pink, without bulge, tube 1.1–5.5 cm, limb 1.3–7 cm diam . | Petunia × atkinsiana |
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