Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).
| Mitraria | |
|---|---|
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| Mitraria coccinea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Gesneriaceae |
| Genus: | Mitraria Cav. (1801) |
| Species: | M. coccinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitraria coccinea Cav. (1801) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It is a woody climbing plant, distributed across Central and South Chile and South Argentina.[2]
It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to 25 feet (7.6 m) at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.
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