Mitraria Explained

Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).

It is a woody climbing plant, distributed across Central and South Chile and South Argentina.^[1]

It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.

External links

• "Mitraria coccinea" en Enciclopedia de la flora Chilena
• Mitraria coccinea from Paghat Garden
• Mitraria coccinea from Chilebosque

Notes and References

1. Rodriguez . Roberto . Marticorena . Clodomiro . Alarcón . Diego . Baeza . Carlos . Cavieres . Lohengrin . Finot . Víctor L. . Fuentes . Nicol . Kiessling . Andrea . Mihoc . Maritza . Pauchard . Aníbal . Ruiz . Eduardo . Sanchez . Paulina . Marticorena . Alicia . Rodriguez . Roberto . Marticorena . Clodomiro . Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile . Gayana. Botánica . 75 . 1 . 1–430 . 10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 . 0717-6643. free .