Erica accommodata Klotzsch ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Erect, under a foot high; branches ascending or somewhat spreading, puberulous or somewhat tomentulose; leaves mostly erect and straight, or incurved, more rarely spreading, linear or linear-oblong, obtuse, sulcate, glabrous, ciliolate or naked, dry or viscidulous, sometimes wrinkled, 1-2 lin. long; flowers scarcely or seldom clustered, calycine; pedicels 1-1 1/2 lin. long; bracts and sepals as in E. lasciva or sometimes lanceolate and often wrinkled on the back; corolla urceolate or subcyathiform, not much contracted at the throat, white, 1 lin. or a little less long; segments erect, rounded, 1/2-2/3 the length of the tube; filaments rather narrow; anthers subexserted never entirely beyond the corolla, sublateral, otherwise as in E. lasciva, but a little smaller; stigma simple at the end of the dilated truncate style.
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Erect, compact shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers small, calycine, ovoid, white, viscid, with exserted anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-9
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Distribution

Erica accommodata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328136-1
WFO ID wfo-0000671294
COL ID 6GL4Y
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Synonyms

Erica accommodata Erica accommodata var. ebracteata Erica accommodata var. accommodata