What is Saintpaulia?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Saintpaulia ionantha1.JPG|thumb|a ''Saintpaulia ionantha'' plant]] '''''Saintpaulia''''', '''African violets''', are small [[Plant|plants]] from [[Africa]] which live in [[cloud forest]] [[habitats]]. They are [[herbaceous]] [[perennial]] [[flowering plants]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Gesneriaceae]]. They are easy to distinguish from other plants by their eye-catching heart-shaped leaves and colourful bright flowers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/saintpaulia|title=saintpaulia|publisher=Oxford University Press|access-date=2016-05-29|work=Oxford Dictionaries Online|archive-date=2015-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104105029/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/saintpaulia|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Lamiales]]