Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica vallis-gratiae Guthrie & Bolus sect. Callista |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 103 (1905) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-1500m |
Description | leaves curvate, imbricate, linear, acute, ciliate, 8-10mm, flowers in dense head, pedicellate, sepals oblanceolate, acuminate, corolla lobes broadly ovate, acute |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | red-white |
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) |