Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica cymosa E.Mey. ex Benth. sect. Ceramia |
Habitat | thickets and heaths |
Altitude | 600-900m |
Description | branchlets thin, glabrous, leaves remote, patent, elliptic to suborbiculate, obtuse, mucronulate, ciliate, flowers terminal and axillary, corolla subglobular, 2-3mm |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
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
cymosa grandiflora E.G.H.Oliv. & I.M.Oliv., Bothalia 32(2): 171 (2002)
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