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Calceolaria crenatiflora

Calceolaria crenatiflora
Photo: Lemaire, Charles Antoine, Public domain

Calceolaria crenatiflora is a perennial pocketbook plant from central and southern Chile and southern Argentina, grown mainly as a greenhouse or cool conservatory ornamental. It does best in bright light, cool conditions and steady moisture, and it is one of the parents of the Calceolaria herbeohybrida cultivars.

Family
Calceolariaceae (Calceolari family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the compost evenly moist in growth and water less in cool weather, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Peat-based or loam-based potting mix with good drainage.
Temperature
10–18 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
temperate

About

Calceolaria crenatiflora is a species of flowering plant in the pocketbook plant genus Calceolaria, family Calceolariaceae. It is native to central and southern Chile and southern Argentina. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a warm temperate greenhouse ornamental. Along with Calceolaria corymbosa and Calceolaria cana it has contributed to the Calceolaria Herbeohybrida Group of cultivars.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calceolaria crenatiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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