Exacum affine
Mexican violet, Persian violet, German-violet, Persian-violet, Tiddly-winks
Description
Commonly called 'Persian violet', it is a herbaceous plant cultivated as an annual appreciated for its globular habit with dense foliage from which emerges a profusion of fragrant light blue/white flowers with showy yellow stamens. Compact and small in size, it flowers extensively indoors in spring but also outdoors in summer, provided it is sheltered from the strongest sunlight, preferably early morning sun.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- Genus
- Exacum
- Species
- Exacum affine
