Calceolaria crenata

Calceolaria crenata is a perennial plant belonging to family Calceolariaceae and native to the Peruvian Andes and the Ecuadorian Andes.[2] The genus Calceolaria has been recently segregated from other members of the Scrophulariaceae, along with Porodittia, and Jovellana into its own family.

Calceolaria crenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Calceolariaceae
Genus: Calceolaria
Species:
C. crenata
Binomial name
Calceolaria crenata
Synonyms [1]
  • Calceolaria amplexicaulis Kunth
  • Calceolaria fallax Kraenzl.
  • Calceolaria floribunda Kunth
  • Calceolaria floribunda Hook. (nom. illeg.)
  • Calceolaria paniculata Willd. ex Link (nom. inval.)
  • Fagelia amplexicaulis (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Fagelia crenata (Lam.) Kuntze

Calceolaria crenata can grow to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, with a branching habit, and has soft cordate leaves. Calceolaria crenata flowers from spring to summer in its native habitat, with clusters of small (12 millimetres or 0.5 inches in diameter) yellow flowers.[2]

References
  1. "Calceolaria crenata". The Plant List. Retrieved June 12, 2013.
  2. Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them, pp. 166-167 Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0


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