✿Scrophulariaceae · Calceolaria
Calceolaria mexicana
Herb
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Mexico
- Flowering
- September-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calceolaria mexicana
- Genus
- Calceolaria
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Roadsides and degraded forests of high ranges
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Naturalized throughout
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Calceolaria mexicana itself; the rest are typical of the Scrophulariaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Calceolaria mexicana
Calceolaria mexicana is a herb in the Scrophulariaceae family. It is native to Mexico. It grows in roadsides and degraded forests of high ranges. Flowering and fruiting run from September to March.
Botanical family
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Calceolaria mexicana belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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