General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 24-30 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 59-68F
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow seed late winter to early spring indoors. Move up to 3" pots. Reseeds.

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Common names
  • Mask Flower
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Alonsoa meridionalis
  • Synonym: Alonsoa caulialata
  • Synonym: Alonsoa incisifolia
  • Synonym: Alonsoa warscewiczii

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photo credit: Dick Culber
Uploaded by Mutisia

Date: 2011-07-14
Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by vic
Location: Napo Province, Ecuador
Photo by yakovlev.alexey
Uploaded by Mutisia
Uploaded by Mutisia

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Uploaded by DaylilySLP
Location: Caleu, Chile (Central Zone)

Wild growing Alonsoa meridionalis
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Courtesy Outsidepride
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-09-14

Chilean native Alonsoa meridionalis growing in the wild.

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Caleu, Chile (Central Zone)

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2012-09-14
Location: Auckland Museum, Manukau Ecological District
Photo by Ewen Cameron
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: August
credit: Magnus Manske
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