Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria brunellifolia Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 91: 155 (1895) |
Native Range | w. Argentina to c. Chile |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | leaves entire, obovate-oblong, 2-3cm long, winged petiolate, densely white hirsute, flowers 2-4 in cyme, lower lip orbiculate, 10-15mm wide |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | 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 bellidifolia Gillies ex Benth. Calceolaria bellidifolia var. angustifolia Speg. Fagelia bellidifolia (Gilles ex Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (AGS Argentina South, AGW Argentina Northwest, CLC Chile Central) |