Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica onusta Guthrie & Bolus sect. Arsace |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 226 (1905) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets white pubescent, leaves narrowly lanceolate, sulcate, thick, subglabrous, 1-2mm, flowers densely covering whole plant, solitary, sepals acute, corolla cyathiform |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | red |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |