| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica onusta Guthrie & Bolus sect. Arsace |
| Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 226 (1905) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets white pubescent, leaves narrowly lanceolate, sulcate, thick, subglabrous, 1-2mm, flowers densely covering whole plant, solitary, sepals acute, corolla cyathiform |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | red |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |