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Mitraria

Mitraria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, comprising the sole species Mitraria coccinea (Chilean mitre flower).

It is a woody climbing plant, distributed across Central and South Chile and South Argentina.

It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.

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