Saintpaulia ionantha
blue African violet, African violet, African-violet, Usambara-violet
Description
Small evergreen herbaceous perennial with fleshy rosette-like leaves and a velvety appearance. It is used in pots and planters mainly as an indoor plant, depending on the climatic conditions, to add elegance and colour with its continuous flowering with wide colour variability. It requires a suitable ambient humidity and bright but sheltered exposure to direct sunlight and temperature fluctuations.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Lamiales
- Family
- Gesneriaceae
- Genus
- Saintpaulia
- Species
- Saintpaulia ionantha
Accepted name: Streptocarpus ionanthus
Synonyms of Streptocarpus ionanthus (1)
- Petrocosmea ionantha
