| Name | Ruellia purshiana Fernald |
| Authorship | Fernald |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Ruellia Linnaeus |
| Contains | Ruellia purshiana var. claustroflora Fernald |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:54472-1 |
| Holdings | 14 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Ruellia purshiana Fernald |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2), 1943 (4), 2010 (1), 2016 (7) |