Category: Torenia

Torenia concolor Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 32:pl. 62 1846. (syn: Pentsteira grandiflora Griff.; Torenia albomarginata Bonati; Torenia alboviolacea Bonati; Torenia annamitica Bonati; Torenia colorans C. Morr.; Torenia concolor var. formosana T. Yamaz.; Torenia longiflora C. Morr.; Torenia radicans Vaniot; Torenia rubens Benth. ex Maxim.); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines (c) […]

Torenia hirsuta Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 266 1800.; . Annual, creeping herb; stem 4-angled, hirsute, rooting at nodes, with internodes up to 4 cm long. Leaves opposite, decussate; petioles c. 1 cm long, hairy; lamina ovate-deltoid, serrate, truncate or sub-cordiform at base, acute at apex, densely hairy, penninerved, up to 2 x 3 cm, usually […]

Torenia travancorica Gamble, Fl. Madras 957 1923. (syn: Torenia asiatica var. parvifolia Hook. fil.; Torenia leucosiphon Alston); . India (Travancore, Madras), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . Creeping or scandent herbs; stems slender, 4-angled, with 10 cm long internodes. Leaves to 6 x 2 cm, ovate, acuminate, base rounded, thinly hirtus; nerves 5-7 pairs; […]

Torenia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 468 1891. (syn: Lindernia thouarsii (Cham. & Schltdl.) Edwin; Nortenia thouarsii Cham. & Schltdl.; Nortenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell; Torenia chamaedrys Bonati; Torenia nana Bonati; Torenia nortenia Steudel; Torenia parviflora Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Torenia pedunculariformis Bonati; Torenia pedunculata Willd. ex Steud.; Torenia ramosissima Vatke; Torenia […]

Torenia bicolor Dalzell, Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 38 1851. ; . Decumbent annual; stem 4-angled, ciliate along the ridges near the nodes. Leaves 1.5-3.5 x 1-2.2 cm, triangular-ovate, base truncate or subcordate, margin serrate, apex acute, sparsely pubescent, membranous; petiole 1-1.5 cm long, sparsely hirsute. Flowers axillary, solitary or in pairs; pedicels […]

Torenia violacea (Azaola ex Blanco) Pennell, J. Arnold Arbor. 24(3): 255 255 1943. (Syn: Mimulus violaceus Azaola ex Blanco; Torenia exappendiculata Regel; Torenia peduncularis Benth. ex Hook. f.; Torenia violacea var. chinensis T. Yamaz.); . Images by Karuna Das– possible Id by Surajit Koley, (inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade) ID of Torenia sp. from Meghalaya KD […]

Torenia cordifolia Roxb., Pl. Coromandel 2: 52, pl. 161 52 1798.; . Dalhousie id. al291011:  A small small herb for id… Location Dalhousie Altitude 1400 mts Habit herb Habitat wild Height 4 inches Season Sept-October beginning (I went there again recently and it is not there any more)… This is a species of Torrenia. Torrenia cordifolia […]

Torenia fournieri Linden ex E. Fourn., Ill. Hort. 23: 129, t. 249 1876.; . flowering plant for id: Kindly identify this flowering potted plant in my garden I have just got it a few days back from a local roadside nursery and the man knows nothing about this plant I suppose it is Torenia fourneri […]

Torenia indica C.J.Saldanha, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 8: 127 1967.; . tor-EN-ee-uh — named for Rev. Olof Toren, 18th century Swedish chaplain IN-dih-kuh or in-DEE-kuh — of or from India . Indian wishbone flower • Marathi: तोरणी torani • Telugu: చిన్న ¿ మొగకూర ? chinna mogakur; . ¿ Endemic to: Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats […]

Torenia asiatica L., Sp. Pl. 619 1753. (Syn. Lindernia trichotoma Schltr. (Unresolved) ; Tittmannia trichotoma Benth. (Unresolved) ; Torenia cordata (Griff.) N.M.Dutta (Unresolved) ; Torenia glabra Osbeck; Treisteria cordata Griff. (Unresolved) ;                                  Torenia bicolor Dalzell); . Torenia sp. from Assam : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4). Attached images may be Torenia sp. My earlier post. […]