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Sinningia bullata is a tuberous, bulb-like member of the African violet family, grown for its bullate (puckered) woolly-backed leaves and small orange-red flowers. Keep it warm and bright, water moderately while growing, and rest the tuber dry when leaves die back.
Sinningia bullata is a tuberous member of the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. It produces small orange-red flowers and is found in Brazil. It is named for its bullate leaves, and also produces a woolly backing to its leaves.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
