Erica albospicata Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Suffrutex caespitosus, caudice robusto lignoso; caules usque ad 15-25 cm erecti, simplices vel parce ramosi, puberuli. Folia 3-vel 4-nata, erecta vel patentia, congesta, plerumque 4-9 x 0.75(-1) mm, linearia, obtusa, supra plus minusve plana, subtus convexa sulcata, marginibus glandulis parvis caducis praeditis; petiolus c.  longus. Flores plerumque 3, raro plures, ramulos breves laterales terminantes, ramulis pseudoracemum densum foliatum formantibus; pedicelli c. 1-1.5 mm, puberuli; bractea et bracteolae duae plerumque adsentes, c. 2 x 0.5 mm, lineari-lanceolatae, in dimidio superiore abaxiali carinatae, glabrae, marginibus glandulosis. Calyx fere ad basin divisus; lobi 4, c. 3.5-4.5 x 1.25-1.75 mm, lanceolati, in dimidio superiore abaxiali carinati, glabri, albi, marginibus glandulosis. Corolla 4-4.5 mm longa; lobi c. 3 x 1.25-1.5 mm, oblongo-lanceolati, obtusi, erecti, apicibus demum leviter recurvati, albi, glabri. Stamina 8; filamenta c. 2 mm longa, filiformia, sub antheris abrupte curvata; antherae inclusae, thecis c. 0.75 mm longis, basi rotundatis, poro dimidium thecae aequante, calcaribus trientem thecae aequantibus scabridulis. Ovarium c. 1 mm longum, glabrum; stylus c. 1.5 mm longus; stigma stylo vix latius.
Life form perennial
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Erica albospicata world distribution map, present in Lesotho and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906008-1
WFO ID wfo-0000671333
COL ID 6GKV2
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Synonyms

Erica albospicata