Saintpaulia ionantha

Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. var.

African violet, Usambara violet

Habit:		[[Category:]]
Height:	⇕	to
Width:	⇔	to
	4in10in	8in16in
Height:	⇕	4 in to 10 in
Width:	⇔	8 in to 16 in
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Origin:	✈
Poisonous:	☠
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter

Exposure:	☼	shade
Water:	◍
Features:	✓	flowers
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USDA Zones:		11 to 12
Sunset Zones:
Flower features:	❀	red, blue, purple, pink, white

ionantha

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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