Calceolaria

Japanese: Calceolaria
Calceolaria

...An annual plant of the Scrophulariaceae family that is popular as a spring potted plant because of its strange, yet beautiful, pouch-shaped flowers. There are as many as 300 species of Calceolaria distributed in the Andean mountain ranges of Central and South America, and it is believed that the current Calceolaria was developed by crossbreeding C. corymbosa Ruiz et Pav. and C. crenatiflora Cav. with several other species.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Calceolaria" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…春の鉢植え草花としてきんちゃくの形をした花が奇妙でもあり,美しくもあるので親しまれているゴマノハグサ科の一年草。キンチャクソウ属Calceolariaは中央アメリカ,南アメリカのアンデスの山系に300種も分布しているが,そのうちのキンチャクソウC.corymbosa Ruiz et Pav.とC.crenatiflora Cav.との交配雑種に,他の数種が交雑されて,現在のカルセオラリアが育成されたと考えられている。…

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