title: Kohleria hirsuta
text: # Kohleria hirsuta
  
  Kohleria hirsuta, the woolly kohleria, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae, native to northern South America, and introduced to the Dominican Republic. In 1993, as its synonym Kohleria eriantha, it gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a hothouse plant, but the award appears to have been recently revoked.
  
  ## Subtaxa
  
  The following varieties are accepted:
  
  * Kohleria hirsuta var. hirsuta
  * Kohleria hirsuta var. longipes (Benth.) L.P.Kvist & L.E.Skog
  