蛾蝶花属为一年生或二年生草本植物，是茄科下的一个属。原产于南美洲。现作为观赏植物在园艺中广泛应用，是优良的早春花坛材料，也可用于室内盆栽观赏或作切花。

Schizanthus /ˌskᵻˈzænθəs/, also called butterfly flower, fringeflower, poor-man's-orchid, is a genus of plants in the Solanaceae (nightshade) family.

They are annual or biennial herbaceous plants, with attractive flowers and they belong to the Schizanthoideae subfamily of the solanaceae. The genus includes species native to Chile and Argentina, many species are adventitious in other parts of the world such as New Zealand and the United States.