Torenia asiatica L. var. concolor Lindl.
For details see Torenia asiatica L. Similar to the type but more open and loosely spreading than the species, the flowers of a more uniform blue, without the deep purple blotches.
Horticultural & Botanical History
It is figured in the Botanical Register having been collected by Robert Fortune the previous year. ‘This plant is probably regarded in Herbarea as T. asiatica, but living specimens forbid its union with that species. It was sent to the Horticultural Society by Mr. Fortune, who found it growing in marshy ground in Hong Kong.’ [BR f.62/1846]. ‘It will prove a worthy associate of the lovely T. asiatica, excelling the latter in beauty; for the flowers are nearly of as a fine a blue as those of Salvia patens.’ [FC p.259/1846]. ‘It is by no means the equal to T. asiatica, and will not apparently thrive in the open air during summer, as will that species.’ [MB p.197/1848]. BM t.6797/1885.
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [H226/1850]. Obtained from the London Horticultural Society. Included among desiderata in a letter to John Lindley in a letter dated 15th February 1848 and marked ‘arrived’ on Macarthur’s copy [MP A2933-1, p.157]. It was also requested from Kew Gardens about the same time but not marked arrived [MP A2933-1, p.165].
Notes
Published Sep 24, 2009 - 05:02 PM | Last updated Feb 18, 2010 - 05:24 PM
Torenia asiatica L. var. concolor Lindl. | BR f.62/1846 | RBGS
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
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| Category | |
| Region of origin | India to China |
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| Common Name | Wishbone flower |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Torenia concolor |
| Confidence level | high |