Calceolaria integrifolia

Calceolaria integrifolia, the bush slipperwort,^[1] is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Calceolaria and native to Argentina and Chile.^[2]

Calceolaria integrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Calceolariaceae
Genus:	Calceolaria
Species:	C. integrifolia
Binomial name
Calceolaria integrifolia Murray

This evergreen subshrub grows to 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall. Its leaves are highly veined, slightly sticky, and have a puckered texture. The flowers appear in clusters throughout the spring and summer. They are lemon yellow in colour, and resemble antirrhinums (snapdragons) in shape.^[2]

In cultivation in the UK, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3] It requires a sheltered, frost-free position in sun or partial shade.

A striking cultivar is 'Kentish Hero', with large red flowers which turn orange.^[4]