What is Petunia?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | image = Pink petunias.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Petunia x atkinsiana'' flower | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = '''''Petunia''''' | genus_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = }} '''''Petunia''''' is a [[genus]] of 20 [[species]]<ref name=tpl>{{cite web|title=The plant list: Petunia|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=petunia|access-date=17 March 2018|publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Kew and Missouri Botanic Garden|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401095517/http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Petunia|url-status=dead}}</ref> of [[plant]]s of [[South America]]n origin. All of them bear [[flower]]s. They are in the [[Nightshade]] [[family (biology)|family]], and are related to [[tobacco]]. Many people grow them in the garden. Petunias are usually used as [[annual plant]]s, because they die when the weather becomes cold. They grow best when they are planted in the sun. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Commonscat|Petunia}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Solanaceae]] [[Category:Flowers]]