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Sinningia speciosa

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Noun1.Sinningia speciosa - South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowersSinningia speciosa - South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers
gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
genus Sinningia, Sinningia - genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America


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Botanically, gloxinia is Sinningia speciosa, a tuberous perennial from Brazil, though the forms sold as houseplants are hybrids.
 
 
 
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