Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica venustiflora E.G.H.Oliv. |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets whitish, leaves 1-2mm, imbricate, elliptic, adaxially flat, obtuse, minutely dentate, glabrous, flowers sessile in clusters, calyx tubular, corolla 1-2mm, tubular |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | 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
venustiflora glandulosa E.G.H.Oliv., ibid.
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