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|accepted_name=Torenia fournieri
|accepted_authority=Linden ex E. Fournier
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ill. Hort.
|place=23: 129, plate 249. 1876
|year=1876
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|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|hierarchy=Linderniaceae;Torenia;Torenia fournieri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Linderniaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Torenia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Torenia fournieri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 17
|mention_page=page 356
|treatment_page=page 357
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>2–38 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 3–21 mm; blade lanceolate to ovate or distal sometimes linear, 3–46 × 2–24 mm; distal well developed or greatly reduced. <b>Pedicels</b> 5–24 mm, 0.7–1.5 times subtending leaves. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 11–18 mm; corolla adaxial lip equal to abaxial. <b>Capsules</b> narrowly ellipsoid, 8–12 × 1.5–3 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 0.5–0.6 × 0.3–0.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 18 (India).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Lawns, compost piles, roadsides, disturbed places, persisting after cultivation.
|elevation=20–1200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Iowa;La.;N.C.;Asia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Torenia fournieri</i> and its hybrid with T. concolor, often called “<i>Torenia</i> hybrida” in the horticultural trade, are popular bedding plants throughout much of North America. The hybrid is sterile, reportedly producing neither seeds nor viable pollen (http://www.health.gov.au/internet/ogtr/publishing.nsf/Content/torenia-3/$FILE/biologytorenia08.pdf). J. D. Pittillo and A. E. Brown (1988) published the first report of <i>T. fournieri</i> as a waif in the flora area, from Jackson County, North Carolina.</p>
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name=Torenia fournieri
|author=
|authority=Linden ex E. Fournier
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|synonyms=
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|family=Linderniaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Oct.
|habitat=Lawns, compost piles, roadsides, disturbed places, persisting after cultivation.
|elevation=20–1200 m.
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Iowa;La.;N.C.;Asia;introduced also in Mexico;Central America;South America;Europe;Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Ill. Hort.
|publication year=1876
|special status=Introduced;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Torenia
|species=Torenia fournieri
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