Common name: Indian Wishbone Flower
Botanical name: Torenia Indica Family: Scrophulariaceae (Dog flower family)
Synonyms: Torenia cordifolia
Indian Wishbone Flower is an annual herb, growing to 15-20 cm tall. Stems
erect, branched from base; branches ascending, base sparsely diffuse.
Leaf-stalk 0.8-1.5 cm; leaf blade ovate to heart-shaped, 2.5-3.5 X 1.5-2.5
cm, sparsely covered with fine hairs. Leaf margin is coarsely
triangular-serrate. Inflorescences 3-5-flowered axillary fascicles. Pedicel
1.5-2 cm, often ascending. Flowers blue-purple, 1.3-2 cm; lower lip lobes
nearly equal; upper lip wider than long, margin somewhat involute, apex
entire or emarginate. Flowering: September-November.
| Photographed at Prabalgad, Panvel, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Prashant Awale
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