Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria rotundifolia Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 382 (1818) |
Native Range | n. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2000m |
Description | stems carnose, thinly pubescent, leaves opposite, petiolate, orbiculate, obtuse, coarsely crenate, pubescent, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sparsely hirsute |
Size | 12-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calceolaria glechomifolia Kraenzl. Calceolaria hutchisonii Edwin Fagelia rotundifolia (Kunth) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |