Biology:Calceolaria integrifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calceolaria integrifolia
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Calceolariaceae
Genus: Calceolaria
Species:
C. integrifolia
Binomial name
Calceolaria integrifolia
Murray

Calceolaria integrifolia, the bush slipperwort,[1] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Calceolaria and native to Argentina and Chile .[2]

This evergreen subshrub grows to 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall. Its leaves are highly veined, slightly sticky, and have a puckered texture. The flowers appear in clusters throughout the spring and summer. They are lemon yellow in colour, and resemble antirrhinums (snapdragons) in shape.[2]

In cultivation in the UK, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] It requires a sheltered, frost-free position in sun or partial shade.

A striking cultivar is 'Kentish Hero', with large red flowers which turn orange.[4]

References

  1. (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. ISBN:3-8331-1253-0
  3. "Calceolaria integrifolia". Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/2663/Calceolaria-integrifolia/Details. 
  4. "Calceolaria integrifolia 'Kentish Hero'". RHS. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/383149/calceolaria-integrifolia-kentish-hero/details. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1494575 entry