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Torenia fournieri

Linden ex E.Fourn. (1876)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Linderniaceae Genus: Torenia

ōlaʻa beauty [olaa beauty], torenia, wishbone flower

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents

Wind

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Ill. Hort. 23: 129, t. 249 (1876)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Torenia fournieri Purchased at the Star Market Garden Shop, King St. at University Ave cultivated in pots. Preserved_Specimen flws blue with deep purple spots on the top and side lobes, a yellow dot on the lower lobe and inside at base of throat. Also seen in white ground with rose spots, white ground with yellow spots, and white ground with pale purple spots. Staples, G.W. 707 Oahu BISH 1990-10-27
2 Torenia fournieri Winsley Garden, Olaa Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Flowers purple Fosberg, F.R. 10057 Hawaii BISH 1933-08-28
3 Torenia fournieri Koloa Distrit. Kalaheo, yard of house at 3581 Kaloke Road. Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Annual herb to 25 cm tall, sparsely branched. Leaves medium green. Flowers with calyx green, corolla lobe dark purple-violet, lip with yellow spot, tube pale purple. Spontaneous in planter box, reseeds yearly. Lorence, D.H. 10504 Kauai BISH 2015-05-15
4 Torenia fournieri Purchased at the Star Market Garden Shop, King St. at University Ave cultivated in pots. Preserved_Specimen flws blue with deep purple spots on the top and side lobes, a yellow dot on the lower lobe and inside at base of throat. Also seen in white ground with rose spots, white ground with yellow spots, and white ground with pale purple spots. Staples, G.W. 707 Oahu BISH 1990-10-27
5 Torenia fournieri Winsley garden, Olaa Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 10059 Hawaii BISH 1933-08-28
6 Torenia fournieri Waimea District. Cultivated plants purchased from No Ka Oi Nursery. Hanapepe Preserved_Specimen Erect herb with glossy angular pale green stems; leaves dark matte green above, glossy when young; grey-green below; calyx pale green with darker ribs; corolla tube white, upper 2 lobes white with faint violet to pinkish tinge; lower 3 lobes and especially 2 lateral lobes violet, middle lobe with yellow central patch; base of throat yellow; stamens four, in two pairs, upper pair exerted. Flynn, T.W. 6742 Kauai BISH 2000-09-14
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