Please Help Identify This Purple Flower

This perennial is in my yard in central Florida just west of Orlando. I would like to buy more but cannot ID it. TIA

 

Hi Spike,

I think your plant is Ruellia brittoniana - Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells, Mexican Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/2926/
http://www.floridata.com/main_fr.cfm?state=ref_master&viewsrc=lists/plists.cfm?list=type
http://www.greenbeam.com/features/plant070504.stm

Newt

 

Thanks So Much

We found it at Wa-lMart this weekend. We had given up trying to ID it and was going to buy purple heather instead. The plant actually is from the Ruella family but it is Summer Petunias and grows to a much shorter height than the Mexican Petunia. Thanks again.

 

Spike, thanks for taking the time to let us know! I'm so glad you were able to find the name.

Newt