| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica amoena J.C.Wendl. |
| Bibliography | Bot. Beob.: 48 (1798) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and heaths |
| Altitude | 300-500m |
| Description | branchlets subglabrous, leaves crowded, thinly petiolate, linear, obtuse, sulcate, hirsute, 4-6mm, flowers axillary on apex of branchlets, corolla broadly campanulate, glabrous |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | red, pink-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 | Erica plumosa Andrews |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |