About Calibrachoa parviflora (Juss.) D' Arcy
Calibrachoa parviflora is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, commonly called seaside petunia. It is native to a large portion of southeastern South America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. It has also been introduced to other regions of the Americas, including the southeastern United States, and to Australia, where it grows as an occasional weed in New South Wales.
This herbaceous plant produces slender, branching stems that creep along the ground and form roots at their nodes. The upright branches are leafy, and bear fleshy, glandular leaves that are oblong or broadly lance-shaped. The whole plant's above-ground growth can have a sticky texture. Flowers grow from the leaf axils along the stems. Each flower is less than one centimeter wide, with a five-lobed funnel- or bell-shaped purple corolla and a paler tubular throat. Its fruit is a capsule that is only a few millimeters wide.
