Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica sagittata Klotzsch ex Benth. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7: 681 (1839) |
Native Range | s. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves loosely imbricate, linear to lanceolate oblong, acute, abaxially concave, glabrous, green, flowers axillary, verticillate, producing lax cluster |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | rose |
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 |
Synonyms | Blaeria grandis N.E.Br. Blaeria sagittata (Klotzsch ex Benth.) Alm & T.C.E.Fr. Ericoides sagittatum (Klotzsch) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |