Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Calceolaria L. [1457]

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genus_en: Pouch flower, Slipper flower, Slipperwort

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Calceolariaceae

family_ja: キンチャクソウ

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description_en: Genus of some 300 species of annuals, biennials, perennials, and shrubs, some of them scandent, from diverse habitats ranging from dry scrub to alpine regions. They occur in temperate and tropical areas of Mexico, Central and South America (many in Peru and Chile), with some from the Falkland Islands. Leaves are opposite and whorled, or in rosettes. The slipper-like flowers are solitary or borne in few- to many-flowered panicles, racemes, corymbs, or cymes. They are usually yellow or purple, often heavily spotted in one or more contrasting colours, and 2-lipped, the upper lip small but often inflated, the lower lip large and pouched. In frost-prone areas, grow annuals, biennials, and shrubs in a temperate greenhouse or as summer bedding. The hardier, low-growing perennials (alpine species) are ideal for a rock garden, peat bed, or alpine house.

hardiness_en: Most are frost hardy to frost tender; some are fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed of hardy species in containers in a cold frame in autumn or early spring, or divide in spring. Root individual rosettes in early summer. Sow seed of C. integrifolia in spring or autumn, and seed of C. mexicana in late winter or early spring. Surface-sow seed of C. Herbeohybrida Group cultivars at 18°C (64°F) in late summer or spring. Root softwood cuttings of shrubby species in late spring or summer; increase good colour variants of C. integrifolia by rooting semi-ripe cuttings in late summer.

pests_en: Under glass, especially in poorly ventilated conditions, prone to aphids, whiteflies, red spider mites, and fungal diseases, such as grey mould (Botrytis). Slugs and snails may be a problem outdoors.

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comment: S America

comment_ja: キンチャクソウ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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