Torenia fordii (Torenia fordii)
Description
Herbs,25-40 cm tall,villous.Stems erect,stout.Petiole 1-1.5 cm;leaf blade broadly ovate to ovate-triangular,3-5 X 2.5-4 cm,white and sparsely hairy,base abruptly constricted and broadly cuneate,margin coarsely triangular acute-serrate.Racemes terminal;bracts oblong-ovate,5-10 mm,somewhat enveloping pedicel,margin ciliate,apex acuminate.Pedicel ca.1 cm,to 2 cm in fruit.Calyx obovate-fusiform,ca.12 X 5-7 mm,ca.1.8 X 0.8 cm in fruit,5-winged;wings unequal in width,2 wider wings to 2 mm;lobes 5,short,more evident in fruit,subequal,ovate-triangular,apex acuminate.Corolla yellow,1.5-1.8 cm;lower lip lobes rotund,ca.3 X 3.5 mm,middle lobe apically orange-colored,lateral lobes distally blue;upper lip ca.4 X 5 mm,emarginate.Anterior stamens appendages toothlike.Capsule cylindric,9-11 X 2-3 mm,compressed,4-furrowed.Fl.and fr.Jul-Oct.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Lamiales
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Family: Linderniaceae
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Genus: Torenia
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