Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica fastigiata L. sect. Callista |
Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 1: 66 (1767) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 400-1000m |
Description | leaves basally crowded, curvate, linear, acute, glabrous, ca. 6mm, flowers subsessile, leaves approximate, subulate, tube of corolla cylindrical, glabrous, lobes ovate, large |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | white-rose, red |
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 |
Synonyms | Callista fastigiata G.Don Callista mundula G.Don Callista primuloides G.Don Erica dilecta Klotzsch Erica fasciformis Salisb. Erica mundula Andrews Erica primuloides Andrews Ericoides fastigiatum (L.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |