Well there you are Jay! And you get the gold star for ID! Thank you.
It's a pretty little flower isn't it?
And I thought for sure you would be the one to call this one the moment you saw it.:
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Driving me crazy. I know what it is. I have known what it is. It is common. And I can't find it anywhere in any of the references I've found. For some reason the word "pine" keeps floating around in my memory but I could be remembering something else.
Kent, you might be interested to know ---- Citation DYSCHORISTE OBLONGIFOLIA (Michaux) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 486. 1891.
Basionym: Ruellia oblongifolia Michaux 1803.