Calceolaria integrifolia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Calceolariaceae |
Genus: | Calceolaria |
Species: | C. integrifolia
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Calceolaria integrifolia |
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]
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- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b "Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0
- ^ "Calceolaria integrifolia". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Calceolaria integrifolia 'Kentish Hero'". RHS. Retrieved 26 June 2023.