Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica oxyandra Guthrie & Bolus sect. Ephebus |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 116 (1905) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1000m |
Description | branchlets thinly tomentose, leaves patent, linear, obtuse, deeply sulcate, long hirsute, glabrescent, 4-6mm, flowers solitary, sepals ciliate, corolla urceolate, 4-6mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | white |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |