Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica campanularis Salisb. sect. Leptodendron |
Synonyms | Erica campanulata Andrews |
Erica flavicans Klotzsch ex Benth. | |
Erica tenuifolia Salisb. | |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets glabrous, reddish, leaves narrowly linear, acute, carinate, glabrous, 3-5mm, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals ovate, corolla calyculate or campanulate |
Size | 12-60cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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 |
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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