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| {{SPlantbox | | {{SPlantbox |
| |familia=Gesneriaceae | | |familia=Gesneriaceae |
− | |genus=Saintpaulia | + | |genus=Saintpaulia |
| |species=ionantha | | |species=ionantha |
| |common_name=African violet, Usambara violet | | |common_name=African violet, Usambara violet |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |max_zone=12 | | |max_zone=12 |
− | |image=Upload.png | + | |image=Purple_African_Violet_Top.JPG |
| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
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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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− | | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
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− | | wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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− | | origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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− | | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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− | | lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
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− | | exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
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− | | water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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− | | features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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− | | hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
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− | | bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
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− | | usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
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− | | sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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− | | color = IndianRed
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− | | image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
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− | | image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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− | | image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
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− | | regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
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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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