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− | | name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name --> | + | | name = ''Saintpaulia ionantha'' |
− | | common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank --> | + | | common_names = African Violet |
− | | growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc --> | + | | growth_habit = herbaceous |
| | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) --> | | | high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) --> |
| | wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) --> | | | wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) --> |
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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, Wendl. African Violet. Usambara Violet. Fig. 3520. 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. Gt. 42:1391 and p. 323. Gn. 47:133; 74, p. 103; 79, p. 13. G.M. 37:62; 55:97. G.C. III. 13:685. Gn.W. 25:345. G.W. 10, p. 343. R.H. 1893, p. 321. 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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