Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica podophylla Benth. sect. Ephebus |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 7: 681 (1839) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | branchlets rigid, pubescent, leaves crowded, patent, long petiolate, broadly linear, thick, shiny, obtuse, 5-7mm, flowers terminal, solitary, corolla broadly urceolate, 4mm |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | red |
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 | Ericoides podophyllum (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |