Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Erica lasiocarpa Guthrie & Bolus sect. Trigemma |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 4(1): 284 (1905) |
Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2100m |
Description | branchlets minutely pubescent, pale, leaves linear, acute, broadly sulcate, thinly hirsute, glabrescent, 3-4mm, flowers of 4 on lateral branchlets, corolla narrowly cyathiform, 3mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
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 (NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |