Streptocarpus cyaneus

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6. to 8 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8.
Width: 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12. to 20 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: part-sun, shade
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Flower features: red, blue, purple, pink
Scientific Names

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Read about Streptocarpus cyaneus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Streptocarpus cyaneus, S. Moore. St. prostrate, slightly elongated, bearing 4 lvs.: lvs. linear-oblanceolate, narrowed below the middle into a narrow petiole-like portion, apex obtuse: scape always 2-fld.: fls. varying from pale lavender or blue to rose-pink or rosy mauve, with a few streaks of red on the 3 lower lobes and a blotch of yellow in the throat; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, pilose-pubescent; corolla about 1 1/4 in. long, puberulent outside. Transvaal.—Allied to S. Rexii. CH


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