Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri
Also known as Ladys Slipper, Blue Wing
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Torenia fournieri
- Genus
- Torenia
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Indo-China
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Telangana, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“It has simple opposite or subopposite leaves with serrated edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- SimplerecordedA single, undivided leaf blade.“It has simple opposite or subopposite leaves with serrated edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“It has simple opposite or subopposite leaves with serrated edges.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wishbone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Blue/purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wishbone Flower itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ടൊറീനിയ ഫോർണിയേരി
About Wishbone Flower
Wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri) is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand and 10 other states. It is grown as garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Wishbone Flower belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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