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Wishbone Flower
Torenia fournieri
トレニア
An annual herb native to Southeast Asia, widely cultivated in Japan as a summer bedding plant. It produces bilabiate flowers in purple, white, pink, and other colors from summer through autumn. Valued in gardens and parks for its shade tolerance.
Identification Points
- ✓Bilabiate flowers with a 2-lobed upper lip and 3-lobed lower lip
- ✓Flower colors include purple, white, pink, and more
- ✓Leaves opposite with serrate margins
Habitat
Flower beds, gardens, and parks (cultivated)
Season
June–November (flowers)
Morphological TraitsAI-estimated, needs verification
Leaf arrangement
Opposite
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Serrate
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Herb
Petal count
5 petals
Petal fusion
Fused
Flower color
Purple
Flowering season
Summer
Habitat
Cultivated
Stipules
Absent
Ovary position
Superior
Plant sex
Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Positionゴマノハグサ科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Core eudicots > Lamiales > Scrophulariaceae
Divergence Era
Paleogene (ca. 50 Ma onwards)
Evolution Notes
Scrophulariaceae (sensu lato) is a large family of sympetalous plants with bilabiate flowers. Under the APG system, many genera were transferred to Plantaginaceae, but the family is still widely recognized in its traditional broad sense.
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