Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica sicifolia Salisb. |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 326 (1802) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets ascendent, glabrescent, leaves linear, acuminate, setaceous-mucronate, incurvate, sulcate, glabrous, shiny, flowers pedicellate, broadly calyculate, 4mm across |
Size | 12-30cm |
Color | dark purple |
Bloom | summer |
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 pygmaea Andrews Erica sanguinolenta Lodd. Ericoides sicifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |