| Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Calceolaria nivalis Kunth |
| Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth] 2: 381 (1818) |
| Native Range | Ecuador to Peru |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 2500-3700m |
| Description | glabrous, branchlets terete, leaves 20-25mm, ovate, acute, crenate-serrate, abaxially yellowish, subcarnose, inflorescence paniculate, flowers thinly pedicellate |
| Size | 20-90cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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 deflexa Willd. ex Link Calceolaria fasciculata Willd. ex Link Calceolaria fuchsifolia Hemsl. Calceolaria padifolia Kunth Fagelia nivalis (Kunth) Kuntze Fagelia padifolia (Kunth) Kuntze |
| Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |