Streptocarpus polyanthus

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 Streptocarpus polyanthus polyanthus subsp. var.  
Habit: herbaceous
Height: to
Width: to
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Height: 8 in to 12 in
Width: 8 in to 20 in
Lifespan:
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer, early winter, mid winter, late winter
Exposure: part-sun, shade
Water:
Features: flowers
Hidden fields, interally pass variables to right place
Minimum Temp: °F
USDA Zones: 10 to 11
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: blue, purple
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Streptocarpus polyanthus, Hook. Acaulescent: lf. solitary, 5-7 x 3 in., round or elliptic, obscurely crenate, hairy on both surfaces: scapes 1-3, up to a foot or more high, rather stout, 4-10-fld.: calyx hairy, teeth linear; corolla pale blue, about 1 1/4 in. across, tube linear-cylindric, curved, limb unequal, the 3-lobed lip much longer than the 2 upper segms. S. Afr.

Var. grandiflorus, Hort., is a large-fld. form. H. F. II. 1:128. —Said to be a garden hybrid. CH


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