Cape primrose

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Cape primrose

Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Streptocarpus, widely cultivated as houseplants for their attractive foliage and clusters of showy colorful flowers. Also called streptocarpus.

Cape primrose

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) See streptocarpus

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Cape primrose - any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers

genus Streptocarpus - large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose

streptocarpus - any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses

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family Gesneriaceae genus Streptocarpus gesneria family Gesneriaceae gesneriad helianthemum ligneous plant streptocarpus woody plant			3 CAPE PRIMROSE or Streptocarpus is a real delight with its prettily marked and veined flowers. PRETTY POTTERS; PIPPA'S TOP FIVE by The Mirror (London, England) The rosette-forming kinds of streptocarpus from which modern hybrids are produced come from the Drakensburg Mountains of South Africa and have foliage similar to primroses, hence their misleading nickname of Cape primroses. Plant of the week: Streptocarpus by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Byline: By Peter Surridge The Cape primrose, or streptocarpus, is among the fastest-improving house and conservatory plants, with new, longer-flowering varieties in a wider range of colours being introduced every year. Book of the Week by The Journal (Newcastle, England)			Cape Fear River Cape Flats Cape Flattery cape forget-me-not Cape Froward Cape Girardeau Cape gooseberry Cape Hatteras Cape Horn Cape hunting dog cape hyacinth Cape jasmine cape jessamine Cape kafferboom Cape Kennedy Cape lobster cape marigold Cape May Cape May warbler Cape of Good Hope Cape of Good Hope Province Cape Passero Cape Peninsula Cape periwinkle Cape pigeon Cape primrose Cape Province Cape Sable Cape smoke Cape sparrow Cape Town Cape Trafalgar Cape tulip Cape Verde Cape Verde escudo Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde monetary unit Cape Verdean Cape wine cape yellowwood Cape York Cape York Peninsula Capek Capel Capelan capelin Capeline capeline bandage Capella Capellane Capelle			Cape of Good Hope Bank Cape of Good Hope Province Cape of Good Hope Province Cape of Good Hope race Cape of Good Hope, Cape of Good Hope, Cape of Storms Cape of Storms Cape Oil and Gas Supply Initiative Cape Organic Producers Association Cape Ortegal Cape Ortegal Cape Pakarang Boat Yard Cape Passero Cape Peninsula Cape Peninsula Cape Peninsula Motorcycle and Car Club Cape Peninsula Protected Natural Environment Cape Peninsula University of Technology Cape periwinkle Cape periwinkle Cape Perpetua Cape Petrel Cape petrels Cape Philharmonic Orchestra Cape Photographic Durchmusterung Cape Pigeon Cape pigeons Cape poison onion Cape Posillipo Cape primrose Cape primroses Cape primroses Cape Province Cape Province Cape Province CAPE RADIO Cape Range Area Control System Cape Region Cape Regional Credit Union Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge Cape Ruby Cape Ruby Cape Sable Cape Sable Important Bird Area Cape Sable Island Cape Sable Island (Nova Scotia) Cape Sable, FL Cape Sable, Florida Cape Saint Jacques Cape Santa Maria Cape Sebastian State Scenic Corridor Cape Shelagskii Cape Shmidt Cape slangkop Cape smoke Cape Sparrow Cape sparrows Cape spinach

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