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title: "Most African violets I have seen have purple blooms. Mine blooms…"
description: "Most African violets I have seen have purple blooms. Mine blooms pink. Are there different varieties of African violets? If so which might I have?"
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author: "brittrb"
published: "2025-11-15T04:58:18.781231Z"
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# Most African violets I have seen have purple blooms. Mine blooms…

_Posted by brittrb on 2025-11-15_

Most African violets I have seen have purple blooms. Mine blooms pink. Are there different varieties of African violets? If so which might I have?

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## 4 comments

### Ginger C commented on 2025-11-15

The flowers can be purple, pink, blue, white. I’m trying to get all the colors.

### Kelly commented on 2025-11-15

There are even variegated leaves, African violets

### Waspinator commented on 2025-11-16

There are lots of varieties of african violet. It can be hard to identify variety on appearances alone, though yours is a bit fancier than the ones i usually see for sale. If you want to look into that, the african violet society of america (AVSA) has a great cultivar gallery. Other colors include purple (ranges from periwinkle to indigo), white, and a dark red (all fairly common), a really rich dark blue, yellow, and a light lettuce-like green (seen more in fancy cultivars). They can have a variety of petal shapes, patterns (with two or even three colors), and variegations (can be cream-yellow, white, or pink variegated)

#### Waspinator replied on 2025-11-16

And there are also related species with similar care in the broader gesneriad family that have some fantastic flowers, different shapes, and other leaf shapes and colors

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