Scientific Name:
Calceolaria
(Herbeohybrida Group)
Pronunciation:
kal-see-oh-LAIR-ee-uh
Common Name:
pocketbook plant, pouch flower, lady's slipper
Family Name:
Calceolariaceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant
Key ID Features:
Leaves opposite, most blades ovate, 8-11cm long x 6-8cm wide, rugose, margins toothed, pubescent; floret petals fused with lower ones pouch-like, very showy.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Central America, Garden origin, South America (Chile, Andes Mountains)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Ground cover
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Opposite
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Shapes:
Obovate
Apices:
Rounded
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Dentate, Undulate (wavy)
Inflorescence Type:
Cyme, Corymb-like
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
4
Corolla Shape:
Bilabiate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Orange, Yellow, Red, Dark-red
Flower Time at Peak:
Can flower any month
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jul, Aug
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green
Optimal Temp.:
Low
Light Level:
High
Maintenance:
High
Other:
Deadhead often
Pest Susceptibility:
Aphids or adelgids, Crown rot, Mites, Mold, Root rot, Thrips, Whitefly or psyllids
Course(s):
- HORT 1193/1293
Location(s):
- (BED) BEDding, container, or basket
- (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa