| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica alexandri Guthrie & Bolus sect. Pachysa |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Description | branchlets dark red, hirsute, leaves linear to broadly elliptic, pubescent, ciliate, ca. 2mm, flowers terminal in umbels, sepals acute, corolla urceolate, glabrous, 4mm |
| Size | 8-15cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | ascending shrub |
| Cultivation | open 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
alexandri acockii (Compton) E.G.H.Oliv., Bothalia 24(1): 26 (1994)
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