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Salpiglossis sinuata
Also called Kew Blue Painted Tongue, Royale Painted Tongue, Scalloped Tube Tongue, Velvet Trumpet Flower
Painted tongue is a showy annual (sometimes short-lived perennial) from Chile, grown for its velvety, funnel-shaped flowers in violet, orange and other colours. It does best in full sun and cool, moist conditions.
Salpiglossis sinuata, the painted tongue, scalloped tube tongue, velvet trumpet flower, palito amargo ( Spanish : bitter little stick - from the extreme bitterness of its leaves) or panza de burro
( Spanish : donkey's paunch ), is a flowering plant belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile.
Of the two species in its genus, Salpiglossis sinuata is the more commonly grown as an ornamental plant for gardens. It was introduced to the northern hemisphere in the 1820s.
A number of cultivars have been selected for different flower colours. It is grown in full sunlight.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salpiglossis sinuata 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.
