Wishbone Flower – Torenia spp.

Common Name: Wishbone Flower

Botanical Name: Torenia spp., to-RE-ni-a

• Member of the Scrophulariaceae (figwort) family.
• Common family members include Calceolaria, Digitalis, Pensetmon and nemesia.
• Native to mostly Asia and Africa with some species naturalized in the US.

• Named after Olaf Toren, who lived in the 1700s and was a Swedish clergyman.