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Torenia fournieri, Lind. (T. edentula, Hort., not Benth.). Low, bushy, usually annual, becoming nearly 1 ft. high: st. 4-angled: lvs. petioled, cordate-lanceolate, 1 - 1 1/2 in. long, crenate-serrate; petiole 1/2 in. long: corolla-tube narrow, yellow; corolla-limb 2-lipped, the posterior lip not cut, pale blue, the anterior 3-lobed; lobes round-obtuse, dark purplish blue, the anterior lobe marked with a yellow blotch. Var. alba, Hort. (var. White Wings), has pure white fls. Var. compacta, Hort., is a more compact form than the type and rather larger-fld. Var. grandiflora, Hort., has somewhat larger fls. and is more free-flowering. Var. speciosa, Hort., is a showy form offered in the trade, probably very similar to var. grandiflora.
 
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'''''Torenia fournieri''''' ('''Wishbone flower''') is a [[plant]] in the figwort family, [[Scrophulariaceae]].
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''Torenia fournieri'' is a [[herbaceous plant]] with opposite, simple [[leaf|leaves]], on green, flexible stems. The flowers are blue, purple, or white, borne in summer.
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Low, bushy, usually annual, becoming nearly 1 foot high: stem 4-angled: leaves petioled, cordate-lanceolate, 1 - 1 1/2 inches long, crenate-serrate; petiole 1/2 inch long: corolla-tube narrow, yellow; corolla-limb 2-lipped, the posterior lip not cut, pale blue, the anterior 3-lobed; lobes round-obtuse, dark purplish blue, the anterior lobe marked with a yellow blotch.
  
 
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Var. alba, Hort. (var. White Wings), has pure white flowers.
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Var. compacta, Hort., is a more compact form than the type and rather larger-flowered.
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Var. grandiflora, Hort., has somewhat larger flowers and is more free-flowering.
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Var. speciosa, Hort., is a showy form offered in the trade, probably very similar to var. grandiflora.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:15, 28 April 2010


Wishbone flower


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width: ⇔ 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun, shade
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

Scrophulariaceae >

Torenia >

fournieri >


Torenia fournieri (Wishbone flower) is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae.

Torenia fournieri is a herbaceous plant with opposite, simple leaves, on green, flexible stems. The flowers are blue, purple, or white, borne in summer.

Low, bushy, usually annual, becoming nearly 1 foot high: stem 4-angled: leaves petioled, cordate-lanceolate, 1 - 1 1/2 inches long, crenate-serrate; petiole 1/2 inch long: corolla-tube narrow, yellow; corolla-limb 2-lipped, the posterior lip not cut, pale blue, the anterior 3-lobed; lobes round-obtuse, dark purplish blue, the anterior lobe marked with a yellow blotch.

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Varieties

Var. alba, Hort. (var. White Wings), has pure white flowers.

Var. compacta, Hort., is a more compact form than the type and rather larger-flowered.

Var. grandiflora, Hort., has somewhat larger flowers and is more free-flowering.

Var. speciosa, Hort., is a showy form offered in the trade, probably very similar to var. grandiflora.

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