Petunia × atkinsiana
Developed in cultivation, this herbaceous perennial hybrid belongs to the Solanaceae family. Commonly called the garden petunia, it includes cultivars derived from crosses between Petunia axillaris and Petunia inflata. Plants have upright, spreading, or trailing stems covered with sticky glandular hairs. The funnel-shaped flowers have a fused tube that opens into a broad, usually five-lobed face. Cultivars vary in flower size, color, markings, and single or double form; some have frilled edges. Seed capsules split near the tip. The flowers provide nectar for butterflies and hummingbirds. It can be propagated by seeds and is occasionally naturalized in New South Wales, Australia. Photographed in Ibagué, Colombia, and Florida.
