Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica capensis T.M.Salter sect. Orophanes |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets reddish, sulcate, leaves erect, imbricate, narrowly linear, acute, 6-8mm, flowers in clusters, bracts linear, sepals linear, corolla broadly calyculate |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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