− | 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. |