Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica aghillana Guthrie & Bolus sect. Gypsocallis |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 160 (1905) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 100-200m |
Description | branchlets pale brown, leaves linear, obtuse, sulcate, glabrous, ciliate, 4-6mm, flowers of 1-2, axillary, forming raceme, sepals narrowly lanceolate, obtuse, corolla 3-4mm |
Size | 12-25cm |
Color | 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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |