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Streptocarpus polyanthus, Hook. Acaulescent: lf. solitary, 5-7 x 3 in., round or elliptic, obscurely crenate, hairy on both surfaces: scapes 1-3, up to a foot or more high, rather stout, 4-10-fld.: calyx hairy, teeth linear; corolla pale blue, about 1 1/4 in. across, tube linear-cylindric, curved, limb unequal, the 3-lobed lip much longer than the 2 upper segms. S. Afr.  
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Streptocarpus polyanthus, Hook. Acaulescent: lf. solitary, 5-7 x 3 in., round or elliptic, obscurely crenate, hairy on both surfaces: scapes 1-3, up to a foot or more high, rather stout, 4-10-fld.: calyx hairy, teeth linear; corolla pale blue, about 1 1/4 in. across, tube linear-cylindric, curved, limb unequal, the 3-lobed lip much longer than the 2 upper segms. S. Afr. B.M. 4850. Gt. 6:206. R.H. 1862, p. 250; 1889, p. 398; 1896, p. 12. Var. grandiflorus, Hort., is a large-fld. form. H. F. II. 1:128. —Said to be a garden hybrid.
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width: ⇔ 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ part-sun, shade
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

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Read about Streptocarpus polyanthus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Streptocarpus polyanthus, Hook. Acaulescent: lf. solitary, 5-7 x 3 in., round or elliptic, obscurely crenate, hairy on both surfaces: scapes 1-3, up to a foot or more high, rather stout, 4-10-fld.: calyx hairy, teeth linear; corolla pale blue, about 1 1/4 in. across, tube linear-cylindric, curved, limb unequal, the 3-lobed lip much longer than the 2 upper segms. S. Afr.

Var. grandiflorus, Hort., is a large-fld. form. H. F. II. 1:128. —Said to be a garden hybrid. CH


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Cultivation

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