Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica campanularis Salisb. sect. Leptodendron |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 330 (1802) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets glabrous, reddish, leaves narrowly linear, acute, carinate, glabrous, 3-5mm, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals ovate, corolla calyculate or campanulate |
Size | 12-60cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | late spring, 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 campanulata Andrews Erica flavicans Klotzsch ex Benth. Erica tenuifolia Salisb. Ericoides campanulatum (Andrews) Kuntze Ericoides flavicans (Klotzsch ex Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |