Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica flavicoma Bartl. sect. Hermes |
Bibliography | Linnaea 7: 639 (1832) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets slender, glabrescent, leaves subimbricate, erect, oblong, acute, sulcate, ca. 4mm long, flowers axillary at apex of branchlets, corolla campanulate, 4-5mm long |
Size | 15-50cm |
Color | pale 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 |
Synonyms | Ericoides flavicomum (Bartl.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |