Torenia benthamiana

Description

Herbs,densely white hirsute,rooting from lower nodes.Branches numerous.Petiole ca.1 cm;leaf blade ovate to ovate-cordate,1.5-2.2 X 1-1.8 cm,base cuneate,margin crenate,apex obtuse.Inflorescences axillary,usually 3-flowered fascicles,rarely 1-flowered or racemose and 5-flowered.Pedicel 3 cm in fruit.Calyx slender,6-9 mm at anthesis,to 1.5 cm in fruit,5-ribbed,somewhat 2-lipped.Corolla purple-red,pale blue-purple,or whitish,1.2-1.4 cm;lower lip lobes suborbicular,middle lobe ca.4 mm and slightly larger than lateral lobes;upper lip oblong,ca.5 X 4 mm.Anterior stamens appendages 1.5-2 mm.Capsule narrowly ellipsoid,ca.10 X 2-3 mm.Fl.and fr.Aug-May.