Family | CALCEOLARIACEAE |
Genus species | Calceolaria fothergillii Aiton |
Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 1: 30 (1789) |
Native Range | Falkland Islands |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-500m |
Description | leaves entire, spathulate, grey, hirsute, flowers solitary, stem with a pair of leaves, corolla large, on lower lip red variegate |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow-brown |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Calceolaria bellidifolia Salisb. Calceolaria cavanillesii Pers. ex Steud. Calceolaria neeana Spreng. Calceolaria obovata Stokes Fagelia bellidifolia (Salisb.) Kuntze Fagelia fothergillii (Aiton) Kuntze |
Territory | 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (FAL Falkland Is.) |