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9. Torenia fournieri Linden ex Fourn.wfo-0000458503

III. Hort. 23: 129. t.249. 1876; Bonati in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 4: 406. 1927; Kerr in Fl. Siam. En. 3(2): 70. 1954; P.H.Ho, III. Fl. S.Vietnam 2: 263. f. 3342. 1972; Chin in Fl. Reip. Pop. Sin. 67(2): 159. 1979; T.Yamaz., J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, 13: 622. f. 17, f. 1985; in Fl. C.L.V. 21: 152. 1985.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : Annual herbs 20–40 cm; stems laxly branched, erect, sparsely pubescent on the angles. Leaves membranous; petioles 3–20 mm, sparsely pubescent; blades ovate, 1.5–5 by 0.8–3 cm, subacute at apex, cuneate to rounded at base, crenate-serrate, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers in terminal recemes of distant pairs; pedicels 10–30 mm long, pubescent on angles. Bracts linear, 2–7 mm. Calyx elliptic, 14–20 by 8–10 mm, 5-winged, rounded to obtuse at base, not decurrent to the pedicels; wings 2–3 mm wide, pubescent on the ridges. Corolla pale blue, with deep purple lips, 25–35 mm long; upper lip broadly orbicular, 8–10 by 13–15 mm; flower lip with three rounded lobes. Anterior stamens without spur. Capsule narrowly oblong, 10 by 3 mm. Seeds ellipsoidal, ca 0.5 by 0.3 mm, scrobiculate.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Mae Ping, Doi Suthep, Doi Chiang Dao), Lamphun (Doi Khun Tan), Phitsanulok (Thung Salaeng Luang), Kamphaeng Phet (Khlong Khlung); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng), Khon Kaen (Chumphae); EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima (Pak Thong Chai); CENTRAL: Nakhon Nayok; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chon Buri (Si Racha), Chathaburi (Khao Chamao); SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi (Sai Yok), Prachuap Khiri Khan (Thap Sakae); PENINSULAR: Nakhon Si Thammarat (Khao Luang), Trang (Khao Chong), Yala (Bannang Sata).

Distribution : Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam (type).

Ecology : Swamps, wet rock on open slopes or by streams, moist ground in evergreen forests, lowland and up to 1,200 m alt.

Vernacular : Klet hoi (เกล็ดหอย), ya lamphong (หญ้าลำโพง)(Northeastern); waeo mayura (แววมยุรา), waeo mayuret (แววมยุเรศ)(Central).