About Two-Color Wishbone Flower
Torenia bicolor, the two-color wishbone flower, is an annual herb found in the western and southern India as well as the Andaman Islands, where it grows mainly in moist and waterlogged areas. The plant has slender, four-sided stems with small hairs near the nodes. Leaves are small (1.5–3.5 cm long), triangular to oval in shape, with toothed edges and a pointed tip, and are carried on short stalks.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Torenia bicolor
- Genus
- Torenia
- Family
- SCROPHULARIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Two-Color Wishbone Flower belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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