Calceolaria mexicana
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- Mexico
- Flowering
- September-March
How to identify Calceolaria mexicana
Identify Calceolaria mexicana by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Slipper-shaped pouch flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-March.
- Confirm it sits within the Scrophulariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Calceolaria mexicana.
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.
Scrophulariaceae
Figwort family
Calceolaria mexicana belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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