Flora of New Zealand Series

painted tongue

Viscid annual, 30-90 cm tall. Lower lvs petiolate; lamina 5-10 cm long, elliptic-oblong, coarsely dentate to pinnatifid with 4-6 teeth or lobes each side; base attenuate so that petiole appears winged; apex acute. Pedicels short. Calyx 7-15 mm long, densely glandular-hairy; lobes ± = tube, ovate; veins dark; margins scarious. Corolla 5-6 × 5-6 cm, glandular outside, usually shades of red and blue with gold markings, less commonly all golden yellow; lobes emarginate. Capsule 5-10 mm long.

S.: Christchurch, Kaiapoi (Canterbury).

Chile 1968

Casual on waste land and open disturbed habitats in the vicinity of houses.

FL Nov-Mar.

A fl. of S. sinuata is illustrated in Fig. 115. Although commonly cultivated in many areas, it has been recorded as an occasional escape from cultivation only. It doubtless occurs in localities other than those given above. Salpiglossis is related to Petunia and the behaviour and occurrence of S. sinuata outside cultivation in N.Z. is similar to that of P. × hybrida except that S. sinuata is much less common.