Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica subverticillaris Diels ex Guthrie & Bolus sect. Arsace |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets thinly floccose-hirsute, leaves linear or lanceolate, terete, sulcate, glabrous, flowers in clusters on apex of branchlets, corolla broadly cyathiform, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale rose |
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 (Northern Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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