Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Torenia L. [1737]

genus_ja: ツルウリクサ

genus_en: Wishbone flower

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Linderniaceae

family_ja: アゼトウガラシ

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description_en: Genus of 40-50 erect to spreading, bushy, sometimes softly hairy annuals and perennials found in woodland, at altitudes up to 3,000m (10,000ft), in tropical Africa and Asia. They are grown for their short, showy, terminal or axillary racemes of tubular then flaring, 2-lipped flowers, the upper lips slightly 2-lobed, the lower ones markedly 3-lobed, produced in summer. The opposite leaves are mostly broadly to narrowly ovate or lance-shaped, and may be entire or toothed. T. fournieri is the most commonly cultivated species: use for summer bedding, or grow at the front of an annual or mixed border; it is also grown as a summer-flowering houseplant or cool-greenhouse plant.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed at 18°C (64°F) in mid-spring; harden off and plant out when all danger of frost has passed.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment_ja: ツルウリクサ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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