Torenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell

• Authority

  Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.

• Family

  Scrophulariaceae

• Scientific Name

  Torenia thouarsii var. nivea Pennell

• Description

  Species Description - Leaves smaller, 1.2-1.5 cm. long, crenate-serrate, rather than dentate. Corolla white throughout. Probably a color-form identical with plants of the Old World Tropics and introduced therefrom.

• Discussion

  Type, wet sand along Rio Guatiquia, altitude 500 meters, collected in flower and fruit August 30, 1917, F. W. Pennell 1531; in herbarium New York Botanical Garden.