Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica alexandri Guthrie & Bolus sect. Pachysa |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 195 (1905) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | branchlets dark red, hirsute, leaves linear to broadly elliptic, pubescent, ciliate, ca. 2mm, flowers terminal in umbels, sepals acute, corolla urceolate, glabrous, 4mm |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | |
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) |