Violet Ruellia June 28, 2018

This is a wild flower, often referred to as wild petunia, that showed up one day in my garden, probably brought in with some soil or mulch because I don't see it anywhere else on the property.  It is a perennial that hangs on after it blooms in the summer and looks pretty scraggly (but it's not a dense plant, so it's not really a problem).  I end up cutting it back after it blooms and releases its seed.