| Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Calceolaria argentea Kunth |
| Synonyms | Calceolaria candicans Willd. ex Link |
| Calceolaria decus-montium Kraenzl. | |
| Calceolaria ferreyrae López-Guillén | |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2100-3100m |
| Description | leaves ovate, acute, 8-25mm long, revolute, adaxially silvery white hirsute, abaxially lanate, flowers 2-6 in cyme, lower lip broad, 1-2cm long |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | pale yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Ecuador , Peru) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | CALCEOLARIACEAE
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