Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica heterophylla Guthrie & Bolus |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 142 (1905) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets hirsute, laxly leafy, leaves patent, lanceolate and acute to broadly elliptic and obtuse, subglabrous, flowers pedicellate, urceolate-campanulate, 2-3mm long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |