Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria colquepatana Pennell |
Bibliography | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 103: 89 (1951) |
Native Range | s. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-4000m |
Description | leaves ovate, obtuse, basally truncate to cordate, 7-20mm long, viscid, crenate, flowers in cyme, lower lip orbiculate and revolute, 10-17mm long |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | dark yellow with red |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calceolaria aurea Pennell |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |