| Dicotyledon | Literature for Torenia asiatica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Linderniaceae | Bibliography |
| Torenia asiatica | |
Common name(s): wishbone flower, wishbone plant, nanioola`a (Hawai`i), ola`a beauty |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to southern India.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Annual herbs; stems decumbent, often rooting at the nodes, usually 1-3 dm long. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves ovate-deltate, 1-4.5 cm long, 0.5-2.6 cm wide, upper surface minutely scabrous, lower surface glabrous or very sparsely puberulent along the veins, margins coarsely serrate, apex obtuse to acuminate, base truncate to truncate-cordate, petioles 0.5-1 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Calyx cylindrical, angled but not broadly winged, 17-23 mm long, enlarging up to 40 mm long in fruit; corolla violet purple, lower lip much paler, 15-25 mm long; longer stamens with long, firm, filiform appendages above the base. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules oblong-ovoid, ca. 1 cm long, withered style persistent. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds oblong-ellipsoid, ca. 0.5 mm long, reticulate-pitted. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 16 |
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