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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
|familia=Gesneriaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Saintpaulia
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=ionantha
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=African violet, Usambara violet
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|Min ht box=4
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|Min ht metric=in
| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
|Max ht box=10
| 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 -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
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| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|Max wd box=16
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Max wd metric=in
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| color = IndianRed
|lifespan=perennial
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|exposure=shade
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
|features=flowers
| divisio = <!--- Phylum -->
|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
| classis = <!--- Class -->
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = <!--- Order -->
|flowers=red, blue, purple, pink, white
| familia = <!--- Family -->
|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=11
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|max_zone=12
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|image=Purple_African_Violet_Top.JPG
|image_width=240
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Merge with [[African Violet]]?
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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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