Torenia fournieri
| Habit | herbaceous
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| 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 |
| Exposure: | ☼ | part-sun, shade |
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| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 11 to 12 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | blue, purple |
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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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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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