| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica eriophoros Guthrie & Bolus sect. Chromostegia |
| Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 234 (1905) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1700-1800m |
| Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves erect, curvate, densely imbricate, narrowly oblong, obtuse, white ciliate, 3mm, head 4-flowered, sepals narrowly linear, corolla ovate-cyathiform |
| Size | 10-20cm |
| Color | whitish |
| 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) |