Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica anguligera (N.E.Br.) E.G.H.Oliv. |
Bibliography | Contr. Bolus Herb. 19: 271 (2000) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-700m |
Description | branchlets thinly glandular-hirsute, leaves 1-2mm, linear-terete, acute, glabrous, whorls remote, flowers of 1-3, axillary and terminal, corolla 2mm, tubular, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink-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 |
Synonyms | Anomalanthus anguliger N.E.Br. Anomalanthus collinus N.E.Br. Anomalanthus curviflorus N.E.Br. Anomalanthus discolor Klotzsch Anomalanthus lesliei Compton Anomalanthus marlothii N.E.Br. Anomalanthus parviflorus (Klotzsch) N.E.Br. Anomalanthus puberulus (Klotzsch) N.E.Br. Anomalanthus salteri Compton Anomalanthus scoparius Klotzsch Anomalanthus turbinatus N.E.Br. Blaeria parviflora Klotzsch Blaeria puberula Klotzsch Codonanthemum discolor Benth. Codonanthemum parviflorum (Klotzsch) Klotzsch Codonanthemum puberulum (Klotzsch) Klotzsch Codonanthemum tenue Benth. Thoracosperma discolor (Klotzsch) Kuntze Thoracosperma parviflora (Klotzsch) Kuntze Thoracosperma puberula (Klotzsch) Kuntze Thoracosperma tenuis (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |