Which flowering plant is related to edible vegetables, Petunias or Rudbeckia?
Petunia Petunia is genus of 35 species of flowering plants of South American origin, closely related to tobacco, cape gooseberries, tomatoes, deadly nightshades, potatoes and chili peppers in the same family, Solanaceae. The popular flower of the same name derived its epithet from the French, which took the word "petun", meaning "tobacco," from a Tupi–Guarani language. An annual, most of the varieties seen in gardens are hybrids ("P." × "atkinsiana", also known as "P." × "hybrida").
Trichostema ruygtii Trichostema ruygtii, with the common name Napa bluecurls, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family. It was first described to science in 2006.