Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria myriophylla Kraenzl. |
Bibliography | Pflanzenr. [H.G.A.Engler] IV, 257C: 88 (1907) |
Native Range | se. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2900-4200m |
Description | branchlets white setose, leaves coriaceous, small, elliptic to ovate, hirsute, crenulate, reflexed, inflorescence 3-10-flowered, lower lip oblong, shallowly 5-lobate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | bright yellow |
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 diversifolia Kraenzl. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |