Streptosolen jamesonii (Benth.) Miers

Marmalade Bush

Evergreen shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves to 4 cm long, ovate-elliptic, pointed, entire. Flower clusters terminal. Flowers trumpet-shaped. Calyx tubular, with 3 toothlike lobes. Corolla twisted, mostly orange-yellow, occasionally yellow, more or less 2- lipped, the wide-spreading lobes darker than the tube. Fertile stamens 4. Fruit a 2- chambered capsule. [Browallia jamesonii Benth.]

Colombia, Peru

This is available as a dwarf form.

The cultivars S. 'Ginger Meggs' and S. 'New World' are listed but no information is available.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Solanaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Solanales
family       Solanaceae
genus        Streptosolen Miers