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African violet

Plant

  • Small houseplant
  • Leaves in rosette from crown (compressed stem)

Leaf

  • Ovate to nearly heart-shaped
  • Simple, smooth-edged
  • Long petiole (leaf stalk)
  • Hairy surface

Flower

  • Flowers are small, in clusters
  • Single- or double-petaled
  • White, pink, purple, blue, red, bicolor