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The flowers are 2-3 cm in diameter, with a five-lobed velvety corolla ("petals"), and grow in clusters of 3-10 or more on slender stalks called peduncles. Wild species can have violet, purple, pale blue, or white flowers. The plants get their common name "African violet" from their superficial resemblance to true violets (Viola, family Violaceae).
Viola is a genus of flowering plants in the violet family Violaceae. It is the largest genus in the family, containing over 680 species. Most species are found in the temperate Northern Hemisphere; however, some are also found in widely divergent areas such as Hawaii, Australasia, and the Andes. Some Viola species are perennial plants, some are ...
Viola bezdelevae Vorosch. Viola bhutanica H.Hara. Viola biflora L. – yellow wood violet, twoflower violet, arctic yellow violet. Viola binayensis Okamoto & K.Ueda. Viola × bissellii House – Bissell's violet. Viola bissetii Maxim. Viola blanda Willd. – sweet white violet, Willdenow's violet. Viola blandiformis Nakai.
Saintpaulia ionantha H.Wendl. Saintpaulia kewensis C.B.Clarke. Saintpaulia tongwensis B.L.Burtt. Streptocarpus ionanthus ( synonym Saintpaulia ionantha) is a species of Streptocarpus in the section Saintpaulia, commonly known as an African violet. It is native to eastern and southwestern Tanzania. [2]
Mauve (from the French form of Malva "mallow") is a color that is named after the mallow flower. Another name for the color is mallow [27] with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611. [28] Since the color mauve has a hue code of 276, it may be regarded as a pale tone of violet.
Viola sororia is a short-stemmed, herbaceous perennial plant that grows in well-drained and shady habitats. [5] This 15–25 centimeters (6–10 in) wide violet has glossy, heart-shaped leaves and are topped with purple flowers with white throats. The lower three petals are hairy and the stem of the flower droops slightly. [7]
Viola odorata is a species of flowering plant in the family Violaceae, native to Europe and Asia. This small hardy herbaceous perennial is commonly known as wood violet, [1] sweet violet, [2] English violet, [2] common violet, [2] florist's violet, [2] or garden violet. [2] It has been introduced into the Americas and Australia.
Streptocarpus ("twisted fruit" from Greek στρεπτός ( streptos) "twisted" and καρπός ( carpos) "fruit") [2] is an Afrotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is native to Afromontane biotopes [3] from central, eastern and southern Africa, including Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. [4]