Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Streptophyta

Class: Equisetopsida

Subclass: Magnoliidae

Order: Lamiales

 Family: Linderniaceae

 Genus: Torenia

Species: fournieri

Description: Stem usually erect, up to 30 cm high, occasionally rooting at lower nodes, strigose on angles. Leaves ovate, truncate or rounded or subcordate at base, acute at apex, serrate, glabrous above, scabrid along midnerve beneath; petiolate. Flowers axillary and solitary below, often in terminal or axillary racemes above; bracts linear-lanceolate, Calyx tube present, wings strigose, stiffened in fruit. Corolla up to 3 cm long; tube to 2 cm long, expanded and pale blue above, narrowed and orange-yellow at base; upper lip broadly orbicular, distinctly carinate, pale blue; lower lip, lobes deep purple, filaments glabrous. Hypogynous disk pale yellow. Style glabrous. Capsule narrowly ovoid, glabrous, tipped by withered style; seeds orbicular-oblong, 1 mm long, foveolate

Uses: It can be an excellent plant suitable for borders, beds as well as container planting. It is used in traditional medicine to treat fever, head ache and respiratory problems. It is also shows antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.