Torenia benthamiana Hance

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Linderniaceae > Torenia

Characteristics

Herbs, densely white hirsute, rooting from lower nodes. Branches numerous. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade ovate to ovate-cordate, 1.5-2.2 X 1-1.8 cm, base cuneate, margin crenate, apex obtuse. Inflorescences axillary, usually 3-flowered fascicles, rarely 1-flowered or racemose and 5-flowered. Pedicel 3 cm in fruit. Calyx slender, 6-9 mm at anthesis, to 1.5 cm in fruit, 5-ribbed, somewhat 2-lipped. Corolla purple-red, pale blue-purple, or whitish, 1.2-1.4 cm; lower lip lobes suborbicular, middle lobe ca. 4 mm and slightly larger than lateral lobes; upper lip oblong, ca. 5 X 4 mm. Anterior stamens appendages 1.5-2 mm. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 10 X 2-3 mm. Fl. and fr. Aug-May.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Torenia benthamiana world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:810366-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140271
COL ID 57FH6
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Synonyms

Torenia nantoensis Torenia benthamiana