Erica chartacea Guthrie & Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Branches ascending, pubescent, 12 in. or more long; leaves erect-spreading, linear, obtuse, 1 1/2-3 lin. long; pedicels 2 1/2-3 lin. long; bracts approximate, somewhat lax, sepal-like but smaller; sepals somewhat lax, broad-ovate, keel-tipped, puberulous, papery, ciliate-lacerate, 1 1/2 lin. long; corolla suburceolate or subcampanulate-cyathiform, glabrous or puberulous, 1 1/4-1 1/2 lin. long, and about as wide; segments ciliate-lacerate; filaments slender below, dilated upwards; anthers subterminal, obliquely lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous, or hispidulous near the apex, naked or ciliolate, 3/4-7/8 lin. long; pore about 3/4 the length of the cell; stigma clavate; ovary glabrous.
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Erect shrublet to 50 cm. Flowers small, calycine, ovoid, white, sometimes hairy, with exserted anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Erica chartacea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328409-1
WFO ID wfo-0000671663
COL ID 6GKKX
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Synonyms

Erica chartacea