Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica curvifolia Salisb. sect. Euryloma |
Bibliography | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 380 (1802) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves curvate, patent, linear, sharp, glabrous, glandular-ciliate, thick, 4-6mm, flowers 3-5 in umbel, sepals sulcate, viscid, corolla glabrous, attenuate, 8mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | pink-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 | Callista comptoniana (Andrews) G.Don Erica angusticollis Bartl. Erica comptoniana Andrews Erica terminalis Klotzsch Ericoides curvifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze Euryloma curvifolia (Salisb.) G.Don |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |