Alonsoa

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Alonsoa
Alonsoa meridionalis
Alonsoa meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Alonsoa
Ruiz & Pav.
Species

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Alonsoa (Mask flower) is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, the figwort family. The genus includes both herbaceous and shrubby species.

The genus is native to Central and western South America, from Mexico south to Peru and Chile. Alonsoas grow to around 30-100 cm tall, and have small, broadly oval, serrated leaves. The red, orange, yellow, white or occasionally blue flowers are borne on a loose terminal raceme.

Selected species
  • Alonsoa acutifolia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Alonsoa albiflora
  • Alonsoa grandiflora Hort. ex Vilmorin
  • Alonsoa incisifolia Ruiz & Pav.
  • Alonsoa linearis
  • Alonsoa mathewsii Benth. in DC.
  • Alonsoa meridionalis (L. f.) Kuntze
  • Alonsoa warscewiczii Reg.

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