This introduced groundcover is commonly known as blue shade.
Ruellia squarrosa is described as a "dicot" in the Acanthaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Queensland Flora Census records in the Moreton district and in north Qld.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 1 Fraser Coast locality: Craignish.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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