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This African Violet plant sits near a window along the east wall inside the Daniels County Library in Scobey for visitors to enjoy. There are all kinds of books

covering plant care so stop in and check one out. — Leader Photo, mike

Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia is a section within Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella consisting of about ten species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa.

Species and cultivars (a type of plant that people have bred for desired traits, which are reproduced in each new generation by a method such as grafting, tissue culture, or carefully controlled se...