Salpiglossis sinuata, the painted tongue, scalloped tube tongue, velvet trumpet flower, palito amargo ( Spanish : bitter little stick - from the extreme bitterness of its leaveshttps://www.chilecollector.com/archwebfila03/archwebstamp1300/stampset1302_17.html Retrieved 18.02 on 11/3/19) or panza de burro ( Spanish : donkey's paunch ), is a flowering plant belonging to the subfamily Cestroideae of the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to southern Chile. The Biology and Taxonomy of the Solanaceae edited by Hawkes, J.G., Lester, R.N. and Skelding, A.D. (Linnean Society Symposium Series Number 7) Published for the Linnean Society of London by Academic Press 1979 Armando T. Hunziker: The Genera of Solanaceae, A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G., Ruggell, Liechtenstein 2001.
Description Salpiglossis sinuata is an annual or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant growing to tall, rarely up to tall. The leaves are long, elliptic to lanceolate, with a wavy, lobed or toothed margin.
The flowers have a five-lobed funnel-shaped corolla, up to long and diameter, each lobe with a notched apex, velvety in texture, either violet or orange, and have contrasting darker stripes along each petal.
Cultivation and uses Of the two species in its genus, Salpiglossis sinuata is the more commonly grown as an ornamental plant for gardens. It was introduced to the northern hemisphere in the 1820s.
A number of cultivars have been selected for different flower colours. It is grown in full sunlight.RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants pub. Dorling Kindersley 2008 .
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