See text Incarvillea is a genus of about 16 species[1][2] of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia, with most of the species growing at high altitudes in the Himalaya and Tibet.

The most familiar species is Incarvillea delavayi, a garden plant commonly known as hardy gloxinia[note 1] or Chinese trumpet flower.

Unlike most other members of Bignoniaceae, which are mainly tropical woody plants, species of Incarvillea are herbaceous perennial plants from temperate regions.

[2] Incarvillea is named after the French Jesuit missionary and botanist Pierre Nicholas Le Chéron d'Incarville.

[3] Species include: Incarvillea sinensis contains the alkaloid incarvillateine.