Torenia fournieri

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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

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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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