Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria argentea Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 387 (1818) |
Native Range | n. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 | 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 candicans Willd. ex Link Calceolaria decus-montium Kränzl. Calceolaria ferreyrae López-Guillén Fagelia argentea (Kunth) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |