Streptocarpus achimeniflorus
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Streptocarpus achimeniflorus, Hort. Acaulescent: lvs. several, radiating or opposite, rather elliptical, somewhat fleshy, brilliant light green: fl.-st. stiff, most often 1-fld.: fl. as large as a gloxinia, but with the corolla divisions more deeply cleft, and finely dentate, bright lilac tinted with marine blue through pale lilac to pure white, the lower part of the corolla is always striped with deeper color. Possibly a garden hybrid. R.H. 1906. p. 309. Var. albus, Hort., is offered in the trade as a large-fld. white form. Var. giganteus, Hort., is offered as a lavender-blue form. Var. roseus, Hort., is offered as a soft delicate rose form. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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