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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>Torenia fournieri and its hybrid with T. concolor, often called “Torenia 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 T. fournieri 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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|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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