| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica latifolia Andrews sect. Ceramia |
| Bibliography | Col. Engr. Heaths, ed. 2, 2: t. 72 (1845) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets flexuous, pubescent, leaves broadly ovate, acute, margins revolute, adaxially densely hirsute, abaxially pale, to 12mm, flowers of 3, axillary, corolla globular, 3-4mm |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny 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 | Ceramia latifolia (Andrews) G.Don Erica crassifolia Klotzsch ex Benth. Erica suaveolens G.Lodd. Ericoides latifolium (Andrews) Kuntze |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |