Streptocarpus saxorum

Streptocarpus saxorum, called the false African violet, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Streptocarpus, subgenus Streptocarpella, native to Kenya and Tanzania.[2][3] It is an evergreen perennial that often bears flowers nearly year-round.[3] Its "compact" variety has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.[4]

Streptocarpus saxorum
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Habit
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Close-up of flower
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Gesneriaceae
Genus:Streptocarpus
Subgenus:S. subg. Streptocarpella
Species:
S. saxorum
Binomial name
Streptocarpus saxorum
Engl.[1]


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