Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria rariflora Molau |
Bibliography | Nordic J. Bot. 4: 638 (1984) |
Native Range | c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4100m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, rigid, 15mm, crenate, reflexed, glandular hirsute, flowers with unusualy uncinate upper lip and oblong-ovate lower lip |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |