Salpiglossis sinuata Ruiz & Pav.

Painted tongue (en), Salpiglosse sinuée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Salpiglossis

Characteristics

Viscid annual, 30-90 cm tall. Lower lvs petiolate; lamina 5-10 cm long, elliptic-oblong, coarsely dentate to pinnatifid with 4-6 teeth or lobes each side; base attenuate so that petiole appears winged; apex acute. Pedicels short. Calyx 7-15 mm long, densely glandular-hairy; lobes ± = tube, ovate; veins dark; margins scarious. Corolla 5-6 × 5-6 cm, glandular outside, usually shades of red and blue with gold markings, less commonly all golden yellow; lobes emarginate. Capsule 5-10 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 11-12

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Salpiglossis sinuata flower picture by Cristián León Moya (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salpiglossis sinuata world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Slovakia, Taiwan, Province of China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:817805-1
WFO ID wfo-0001025263
COL ID 79G5X
BDTFX ID 82519
INPN ID 610858
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Salpiglossis atropurpurea Salpiglossis barclayana Salpiglossis coccinea Salpiglossis picta Salpiglossis sinuata Salpiglossis fulva Salpiglossis purpurea var. atropurpurea Salpiglossis straminea var. picta Salpiglossis sinuata