Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica oxysepala Guthrie & Bolus sect. Pseuderemia |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1800m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, cinereous, leaves not crowded, linear, aristate-acuminate, adaxially flat, rigid, glabrous, flowers 5-10 in heads, corolla subcampanulate, 4mm long |
Size | 8-70cm |
Color | dirty yellow |
Bloom | 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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