Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria parvifolia Wedd. |
Synonyms | Calceolaria elliptica Wedd. |
Calceolaria lechioides Rusby | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-4300m |
Description | leaves 3-8mm, orbiculate-elliptic to ovate, obtuse, shortly petiolate, crenate, abaxially hirsute, flowers axillary and terminal, producing corymb, calyx tomentose |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 (Bolivia , Peru ) Southern South America (Argentina Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CALCEOLARIACEAE
parvifolia guentheri (Kraenzl.) Molau, Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 47: 172 (1988)
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