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| name = ''Saintpaulia ionantha''
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| common_names = African Violet
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| growth_habit = herbaceous
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|species=ionantha
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|common_name=African violet, Usambara violet
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| origin = ?  <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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'''''[[Saintpaulia]] ionantha'''''. African Violet. Usambara Violet. Stemless, hairy: lvs. many, 1 1/2 in. long, ovate or subcordate, thin, regularly crenate, clad on both surfaces with many short and a few very long white hairs: peduncles 1 - 4 in. long, 1-6-fld.: calyx-lobes linear; corolla-lobes not very equal: caps. narrow-oblong. Trop. Afr. Var. grandiflora, Hort., has much larger fls. than the type, the fls. intense violet. Var. variegata, Hort., has the lvs. variegated with light yellow turning to white.
 
'''''[[Saintpaulia]] ionantha'''''. African Violet. Usambara Violet. Stemless, hairy: lvs. many, 1 1/2 in. long, ovate or subcordate, thin, regularly crenate, clad on both surfaces with many short and a few very long white hairs: peduncles 1 - 4 in. long, 1-6-fld.: calyx-lobes linear; corolla-lobes not very equal: caps. narrow-oblong. Trop. Afr. Var. grandiflora, Hort., has much larger fls. than the type, the fls. intense violet. Var. variegata, Hort., has the lvs. variegated with light yellow turning to white.
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Latest revision as of 01:39, 7 May 2010


Purple African Violet Top.JPG


Plant Characteristics
Height: ⇕ 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4. to 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: ⇔ 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 16 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ shade
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Flower features: ❀ red, blue, purple, pink, white
Scientific Names

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Merge with African Violet?


Read about Saintpaulia ionantha in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Saintpaulia ionantha. African Violet. Usambara Violet. Stemless, hairy: lvs. many, 1 1/2 in. long, ovate or subcordate, thin, regularly crenate, clad on both surfaces with many short and a few very long white hairs: peduncles 1 - 4 in. long, 1-6-fld.: calyx-lobes linear; corolla-lobes not very equal: caps. narrow-oblong. Trop. Afr. Var. grandiflora, Hort., has much larger fls. than the type, the fls. intense violet. Var. variegata, Hort., has the lvs. variegated with light yellow turning to white.


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