Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica modesta Salisb. sect. Ephebus |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 6: 352 (1802) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-1500m |
Description | leaves patent, densely imbricate, oblong, obtuse, thick, sulcate, ciliate, minutely pubescent, glabrescent, flowers pedicellate, corolla ovoid-urceolate, 6-8mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Raspalia angulata E.Mey. Erica leucophylla Klotzsch Ericoides modestum (Salisb.) Kuntze Lamprotis modesta G.Don |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |