Salpiglossis sinuata

Salpiglossis sinuata

Taxobox
name = "Salpiglossis sinuata"



image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Solanaceae
genus = "Salpiglossis"
species = "S. sinuata"
binomial = "Salpiglossis sinuata"

"Salpiglossis sinuata" (Painted Tongue, Scalloped Tube Tongue, or Velvet Trumpet Flower) is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile.

It is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant growing to 60 cm (2 ft) tall, rarely up to 1 m (3 ft) tall. The leaves are 4-10 cm (2-4 in) long, elliptic to lanceolate, with a wavy, lobed or toothed margin. The flowers have a five-lobed funnel-shaped corolla, up to 7 cm (2.5 in) long and 5.5 cm (2 in) diameter, each lobe with a notched apex, velvety in texture, either violet or orange, and have contrasting darker stripes along each petal.

Cultivation and uses

Of the two species in its genus, "S. sinuata" is the more commonly grown as an ornamental plant, and a number of cultivars have been selected for different flower colours. It was introduced to the northern hemisphere in the 1820s. It should be grown in full sunlight.


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