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−|genus=Browallia
+|familia=Solanaceae
+|genus=Browallia
|species=speciosa
|species=speciosa
+|taxo_author=Hook.
+|common_name=Bush Violet, Amethyst Flower
+|habit=herbaceous
+|lifespan=annual
+|features=flowers
+|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
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+'''''Browallia speciosa''''' is a blue-violet annual flowering plant also called the Amethyst Flower or Bush Violet. It is much used as a garden ornamental.
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−Browallia speciosa, Hook. Fig. 669. Lvs. sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate: fls. much larger than in B. grandiflora, all solitary, axillary; peduncle shorter than the Lvs.; corolla-tube thrice as long as the calyx, and abruptly swollen at the top beneath the limb; limb of 5 ovate, striated, dark purple segms., pale lilac beneath. Cobm- bia. B.M. 4339. P.M. 16:290.—There are blue-, violet- and white-fld. varieties. Var. major, Hort., has violet fls. 2 in. across. R.B. 20:240. B. giganta, Hort., is a florists' variety, with very deep blue fls. and long-blooming habit. Intro, into American trade in 1899.
+Browallia speciosa, Hook. Lvs. sometimes opposite, sometimes alternate: fls. much larger than in B. grandiflora, all solitary, axillary; peduncle shorter than the Lvs.; corolla-tube thrice as long as the calyx, and abruptly swollen at the top beneath the limb; limb of 5 ovate, striated, dark purple segms., pale lilac beneath. Columbia. —There are blue-, violet- and white-fld. varieties. Var. major, Hort., has violet fls. 2 in. across. B. giganta, Hort., is a florists' variety, with very deep blue fls. and long-blooming habit.
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