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|accepted_name=Petunia axillaris
|accepted_authority=(Lamarck) Britton
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sterns & Poggenburg, Prelim. Cat.,
|place=38. 1888
|year=1888
}}
|common_names=White-flowered petunia
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Nicotiana axillaris
|authority=Lamarck in J. Lamarck & J. Poiret
|rank=species
|publication_title=Tabl. Encycl.
|publication_place=2(3[1]): 7.  1794
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Solanaceae;Petunia;Petunia axillaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Solanaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Petunia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Petunia axillaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>1.5–7 dm. <b>Leaf</b> blades: proximalmost oblanceolate, distalmost lanceolate to ovate, 2–8.5 (including petiole) × 0.8–3.5 cm, margins entire. <b>Pedicels</b> 1.5–8 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx 8–17 mm, lobes 4–14 mm; corolla ivory to white (lobe apex sometimes drying pale pink), veins often green or dark purple (drying brownish), salverform, tube 2.8–5.2 cm, limb 2.5–5.5 cm diam.; stamens inserted near midpoint of corolla tube, not surpassing style; anthers and pollen yellow; filaments green; pistil 3.2–4.5 cm. <b>Capsules</b> 5–12 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Waste places, along railroads and roadsides, poor soil.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;W.Va.;South America (Argentina;Bolivia;Brazil;Paraguay);introduced also in Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Specimens of Petunia axillaris are often misidentified as P. × atkinsiana, especially if there is some slight color in the corolla. Petunia × atkinsiana with white corollas sometimes has the blue pollen and anther color of P. integrifolia.</p>
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name=Petunia axillaris
|authority=(Lamarck) Britton
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Nicotiana axillaris
|family=Solanaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Waste places, along railroads and roadsides, poor soil.
|elevation=0–400 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;W.Va.;South America (Argentina;Bolivia;Brazil;Paraguay);introduced also in Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sterns & Poggenburg, Prelim. Cat.,
|publication year=1888
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=
|genus=Petunia
|species=Petunia axillaris
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