Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica vanheurckii Müll.Arg. |
Bibliography | Observ. Bot. Descript. Pl. Nov. Herb. Van Heurckiani 1: 36 (1870) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves erect, sometimes imbricate, linear-elliptic, acute, sulcate, thick, glabrous, 2-3mm, flowers in umbels, sepals glabrous, corolla urceolate, 3-4mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | 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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |