Carolina Wild Petunia is a native perennial here in Florida. Widespread throughout the state, it is found in disturbed sites, open woodlands, and forest margins. This plant tolerates a variety of growing conditions; from dry to moist soil and from full sun to full shade. The plant grows 12 to 18 inches tall and has short-stalked 5" long leaves attached to hairy upright stems. The funnel-shaped lavender to purple (or occasionally white) flowers are 1 to 2 inches in length and appear solitary or in small groups at the leaf attachments on the terminal end of the stem. The fruit of the Carolina Wild Petunia is a small oval yellow capsule of about 1/2" in length, turning green and then brown with age. When mature, the small seeds are forcibly expelled from the capsule and may travel quite a distance.

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