Salpiglossis sinuata
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Salpiglossis sinuata (Painted Tongue, Scalloped Tube Tongue, or Velvet Trumpet Flower) is a flowering plant in the family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile.
It is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant growing to 60 cm tall, rarely up to 1 m tall. The leaves are 4-10 cm long, elliptic to lanceolate, with a wavy, lobed or toothed margin. The flowers have a five-lobed funnel-shaped corolla, up to 7 cm long and 5.5 cm diameter, each lobe with a notched apex, velvety in texture, either violet or orange, and have contrasting darker stripes along each petal.
[edit] Cultivation and uses
Of the two species in its genus, S. sinuata is the more commonly grown as an ornamental plant, and a number of cultivars have been selected for different flower colours. It was introduced to the northern hemisphere in the 1820s. It should be grown in full sunlight.
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