Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica woodii Bolus sect. Chlorocodon |
Bibliography | J. Bot. 32: 237 (1894) |
Native Range | Zimbabwe to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-2500m |
Description | branchlets glandular, leaves crowded on short lateral branchlets, flowers axillary, numerous, 2mm long, sepals and pedicel dark red |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | pale pink, red |
Bloom | autumn |
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 | Erica rhodesiaca Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Erica woodii var. rhodesiaca (Alm & T.C.E.Fr.) Dulfer Erica woodii var. robusta Dulfer |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |