Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica pogonanthera Bartl. sect. Geissostegia |
Bibliography | Linnaea 7: 634 (1832) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-600m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves patent, curvate, oblong, obtuse, thick, glabrous, 2-3mm, sepals ovate-orbiculate, acute, white, corolla broadly urceolate, glabrous, 2-3mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white, 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 | Ericoides pogonantherum (Bartl.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |