Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica glandulifera Klotzsch sect. Myra |
Bibliography | Linnaea 10: 333 (1836) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets rusty brown, leaves imbricate, linear-subulate, obtuse, sulcate, 4-6mm, flowers in axils of upper leaves producing racemose panicle, sepals glandular-hirsute |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Ericoides glanduliferum (Klotzsch) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |