Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Jovellana sinclairii (Hook.f.) Kraenzl. |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler, ed.] IV, 257C: 18 (1907) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Description | leaves opposite, thin, ovate, apiculate, coarsely crenate-serrate, abruptly tapered to thin petiole, flowers few in panicle, corolla purple variegate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white, yellowish |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calceolaria albula Colenso Calceolaria sinclairii Hook.f. Calceolaria sturmii Colenso Fagelia sinclairii (Hook.) Kuntze Jovellana albula (Colenso) Kraenzl. Jovellana sturmii (Colenso) Kraenzl. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |