Multifacetted. Eyebright, Torenia polygonoides, Jalan Kia Peng, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

            Tiny Eyebright flowers are so intricately multifacetted that it's hard to show them completely in a single photo. So Olymp and I were lucky this morning to see two florettes sprouting from the same stem - not at all usual. So here I am sharing that picture with you. Torenia was named by great Linnaeus for a student of his, Olof Torén (1718-1753). Torén served as a clergyman for the Swedish East India Company, but he was also an avid naturalist who from the Far East sent back many specimens of plants to Linnaeus in Sweden.
A synonym for our little plant - not widely used, though - is Legazpia polygonoides, given it by Manuel Blanco Rámos (1770-1845), a Franciscan missionary who also worked as a naturalist, primarily a botanist, in the Philippines. He put together a famous manual of Philippine plants, in which he also describes our plant. He names it for the first Spanish governor of the Philippines, Miguel Lopéz de Legaspi (1502-1572). But given the latter's violent reputation as a colonial official I prefer sticking to the name Torenia.
   

Taken in: Malaysia / Kampong Dollah (show map)

Taken on: August 30, 2024

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Swedish East India Company

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Jalan Kia Peng, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Camera: Olympus TG-6, f/4.5, 1/320 sec, 9.7mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus TG-6
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	9.7mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Creative (Slow speed)
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Cloudy
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PaintShop Pro 21,00
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