Mitraria

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Mitraria coccinea 1.jpg

|image_caption = Mitraria coccinea

|genus = Mitraria

|parent_authority = Cav. (1801)

|species = coccinea

|authority = Cav. (1801)

|synonyms =

• Diplocalyx {{small|C.Presl}}
• Diplocalyx pallidus {{small|C.Presl (1845)}}
• Diplocalyx tomentellus {{small|C.Presl (1845)}}
• Gesneria chilensis {{small|Molina (1810)}}
• Mitraria pallida {{small|(C.Presl) Hanst. (1865)}}
• Mitraria tomentella {{small|(C.Presl) Hanst. (1865)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:381777-1 Mitraria coccinea Cav.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 August 2024.

}}

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.{{Cite journal |last=Rodriguez |first=Roberto |last2=Marticorena |first2=Clodomiro |last3=Alarcón |first3=Diego |last4=Baeza |first4=Carlos |last5=Cavieres |first5=Lohengrin |last6=Finot |first6=Víctor L. |last7=Fuentes |first7=Nicol |last8=Kiessling |first8=Andrea |last9=Mihoc |first9=Maritza |last10=Pauchard |first10=Aníbal |last11=Ruiz |first11=Eduardo |last12=Sanchez |first12=Paulina |last13=Marticorena |first13=Alicia |last14=Rodriguez |first14=Roberto |last15=Marticorena |first15=Clodomiro |date= |title=Catalogue of the vascular plants of Chile |url=http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0717-66432018000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en |journal=Gayana. Botánica |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=1–430 |doi=10.4067/S0717-66432018000100001 |issn=0717-6643|doi-access=free }}

It is cultivated as a garden plant in cool, moist areas, scrambling over the ground and climbing trees to {{convert|25|ft}} at Arduaine Garden in Argyll, Scotland. The very attractive scarlet-orange tubular flowers are borne in late spring and summer.