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Slipper flowers
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Slipper flowers

Calceolaria

Calceolaria (), also called lady's purse, slipper flower and pocketbook flower, or slipperwort, is a genus of plants in the family Calceolariaceae, though classified in Scrophulariaceae by some authors. This genus consists of about 269 species of shrubs, lianas and herbs, and the geographical range extends from Patagonia to central Mexico, with its distribution centre in Andean region. Calceolaria species have usually yellow or orange flowers, which can have red or purple spots. The Calceolaria Herbeohybrida group, also called C. herbeohybrida Voss, is a group of ornamental hybrids known only in cultivation, called florists' slipperwort.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

gold purse

speciesCalceolaria tripartita

Calceolaria corymbosa

speciesCalceolaria corymbosa

Calceolaria crenata

speciesCalceolaria crenata

Yellow Lady's Slipper

speciesCalceolaria biflora

Darwin's Slipper

speciesCalceolaria uniflora

bush slipperwort

speciesCalceolaria integrifolia

Calceolaria parvifolia

speciesCalceolaria parvifolia

Calceolaria polyrhiza

speciesCalceolaria polyrhiza

Calceolaria filicaulis

speciesCalceolaria filicaulis

Mexican calceolaria

speciesCalceolaria mexicana

Calceolaria thyrsiflora

speciesCalceolaria thyrsiflora

Calceolaria crenatiflora

speciesCalceolaria crenatiflora

Calceolaria tenella

speciesCalceolaria tenella

Calceolaria ascendens

speciesCalceolaria ascendens

Calceolaria valdiviana

speciesCalceolaria valdiviana

Calceolaria glandulosa

speciesCalceolaria glandulosa

Calceolaria sericea

speciesCalceolaria sericea

Calceolaria buchtieniana

speciesCalceolaria buchtieniana

Calceolaria hyssopifolia

speciesCalceolaria hyssopifolia

Calceolaria sparsiflora

speciesCalceolaria sparsiflora

Calceolaria polifolia

speciesCalceolaria polifolia

Calceolaria cana

speciesCalceolaria cana

Calceolaria purpurea

speciesCalceolaria purpurea

Calceolaria perfoliata

speciesCalceolaria perfoliata

Calceolaria × herbeohybrida

hybridCalceolaria × herbeohybrida

Calceolaria arachnoidea

speciesCalceolaria arachnoidea

Calceolaria meyeniana

speciesCalceolaria meyeniana

Calceolaria nudicaulis

speciesCalceolaria nudicaulis

Calceolaria dentata

speciesCalceolaria dentata

Calceolaria teucrioides

speciesCalceolaria teucrioides

Calceolaria angustifolia

speciesCalceolaria angustifolia

Calceolaria petioalaris

speciesCalceolaria petioalaris

Calceolaria pinifolia

speciesCalceolaria pinifolia

Calceolaria microbefaria

speciesCalceolaria microbefaria

Calceolaria lamiifolia

speciesCalceolaria lamiifolia

Calceolaria engleriana

speciesCalceolaria engleriana

Calceolaria parviflora

speciesCalceolaria parviflora

Calceolaria morisii

speciesCalceolaria morisii

Calceolaria ericoides

speciesCalceolaria ericoides

Calceolaria hypericina

speciesCalceolaria hypericina

Calceolaria virgata

speciesCalceolaria virgata

angels slipper

speciesCalceolaria myriophylla

Calceolaria irazuensis

speciesCalceolaria irazuensis

Calceolaria inamoena

speciesCalceolaria inamoena

Calceolaria uniflora × polyrhiza

hybridCalceolaria uniflora × polyrhiza

Calceolaria plectranthifolia

speciesCalceolaria plectranthifolia

Calceolaria nitida

speciesCalceolaria nitida

Calceolaria nivalis

speciesCalceolaria nivalis

Calceolaria collina

speciesCalceolaria collina

Calceolaria pinnata

speciesCalceolaria pinnata

Lady's Slipper

speciesCalceolaria fothergillii

Calceolaria brunellifolia

speciesCalceolaria brunellifolia

Calceolaria germainii

speciesCalceolaria germainii

Calceolaria boliviana

speciesCalceolaria boliviana

Calceolaria elatior

speciesCalceolaria elatior

Calceolaria scapiflora

speciesCalceolaria scapiflora

Calceolaria pisacomensis

speciesCalceolaria pisacomensis

Calceolaria rupestris

speciesCalceolaria rupestris

Calceolaria atahualpae

speciesCalceolaria atahualpae

Calceolaria segethii

speciesCalceolaria segethii

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