Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica woodii Bolus sect. Chlorocodon |
Synonyms | Erica rhodesiaca Alm & T.C.E.Fr. |
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 | decumbent shrub |
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 |
Territory |
Africa
South Tropical Africa (Zimbabwe ) Southern Africa (Cape Provinces , Lesotho , KwaZulu-Natal , Free State , Swaziland , Northern Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
woodii platyura Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43(2): 199 (1986)
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