Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria picta Phil. |
Bibliography | Linnaea 29: 34 (1858) |
Native Range | c. Chile (Coquimbo) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves oblong, short petiolate, to 18cm long, double dentate, sparsely pilose adaxially, abaxially glabrous, flowers ca 15mm long, in corymb |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | pinkish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central) |