Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica subverticillaris Diels ex Guthrie & Bolus sect. Arsace |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1. 2): 224 (1905) |
Native Range | Transvaal |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets thinly floccose-hirsute, leaves linear or lanceolate, terete, sulcate, glabrous, flowers in clusters on apex of branchlets, corolla broadly cyathiform, glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale rose |
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 (TVL Northern Provinces) |