| Streptocarpus saxorum | |
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| Habit | |
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| Close-up of flower | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Streptocarpus saxorum, called the false African violet, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Streptocarpus , subgenus Streptocarpella, native to Kenya and Tanzania. [3] [4] It is an evergreen perennial that often bears flowers nearly year-round. [4] Its "compact" variety has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant. [5]
