Calceolaria pavonii Benth.
Description:
Native to the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru, this subshrub grows in mountain scrub and forest clearings at 1,200–3,300m. It thrives in full sun or partial shade and moist soils. It has hairy, triangular-ovate leaves and distinctive pouch-like flowers, light yellow with a purple crossband in Ecuador and northern Peru, or sulfur yellow further south. Foliage persists year-round.
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