A genus of ornamental plants with brightly colored, pouch-like flowers that resemble tiny slippers or purses.
From Latin 'calceolus' (small shoe), derived from 'calceus' (shoe). Named for the distinctive slipper-shaped flowers that characterize the genus.
These flowers literally look like someone stitched tiny velvet pouches and hung them on stems—Victorian gardeners were obsessed with them, and they were status symbols in fancy greenhouses!
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