Torenia fournieri

Torenia fournieri subsp. var.	Bluewings, Wishbone flower
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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

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