Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch

Bruyère des monts Cantabriques (fr), Daboécie de Cantabrie (fr), Bruyère de Saint-Daboec (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Daboecia

Characteristics

Small mat-forming shrub to c. 30 cm high. Shoots with long, glandular hairs and short, eglandular, crisped hairs. Petiole c. 1 mm long. Lamina 5-12 × 1.5-4 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate-oblong, sparsely hairy above, with white felty indumentum below but partly obscured by revolute margin; base narrowly cuneate; apex mucronate. Racemes loose, to c. 10 cm long; rachis and pedicels with glandular hairs. Bracts leaflike, mostly 3-6 mm long, linear to narrow-lanceolate, sparsely hairy above, with white felty indumentum below. Fls pendent. Calyx c. 3 mm long; lobes triangular-ovate, densely covered in glandular hairs, often purplish. Corolla c. 1 cm long, purplish or magenta, with sparse glandular hairs outside. Anthers c. 5 mm long, linear, > filaments. Style ± or > stamens.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.3 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.23 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 120
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Daboecia cantabrica habit picture by didier (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica habit picture by Sergio Guzmán (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica habit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Daboecia cantabrica leaf picture by Alejandra López-Chicheri (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica leaf picture by Alexandre Labbe (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica leaf picture by Diego Alex (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Daboecia cantabrica flower picture by César Gonzalez (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica flower picture by Alejandra López-Chicheri (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica flower picture by Bua Lado Fco. Javier (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Daboecia cantabrica fruit picture by Sarami (cc-by-sa)
Daboecia cantabrica fruit picture by Collados Ana (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Daboecia cantabrica world distribution map, present in France and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327713-1
WFO ID wfo-0000636619
COL ID 6BXMG
BDTFX ID 21098
INPN ID 94195
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vaccinium cantabricum Boretta cantabrica Andromeda daboecia Daboecia daboecia Daboecia polifolia Erica dabici Erica daboecia Menziesia daboecia Andromeda montana Daboecia cantabrica f. blumii Boretta daboecia Erica cantabrica Daboecia polifolia var. alba Daboecia cantabrica f. alba Daboecia cantabrica