Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria sparsiflora Kunze |
Bibliography | Linnaea 24: 228 (1851) |
Native Range | c. Bolivia to c. Peru |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-4200m |
Description | branchlets russet, leaves fasciculate, obovate to lanceolate, 7-25mm, apically dentate, adaxially glabrous and shiny, abaxially greyish, flowers not variegate |
Size | 20-80cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
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 cuneiformis var. baccharidifolia Wedd. Calceolaria herrerae Kraenzl. Calceolaria herrerae var. ramosissima Kraenzl. Calceolaria herrerae var. typica Pennell Calceolaria macrocarpa Pennell |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |