Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria arachnoidea Graham |
Synonyms | Calceolaria refugens Sweet |
Calceolaria tinctoria Gillies ex G.Don | |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-3000m |
Description | leaves oval-spathulate, entire, white arachnose, flowers several, 10-13mm long |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Southern South America (Chile Central) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CALCEOLARIACEAE
arachnoidea nubigena (Poepp.) C.Ehrh., Biblioth. Bot. 153: 152 (2000)
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