Erica fontana L.Bolus

Species

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Characteristics

Erect shrub up to 1.8 m. Branches pubescent. Leaves 4-nate, 4-6 mm long, slender, closely imbricate, upright to spreading, sulcate, pubescent, ciliate. Inflorescence elongate. Flowers terminal on very short branchlets, usually solitary; peduncles 2 mm long, pubescent; bracts remote, small. Sepals 3-4 mm long, linear-acuminate from an ovate scarious base, pubescent, ciliate. Corolla 8-10 mm long, tubular, slightly widening to the mouth, dry, pubescent, dull rose, pale beneath. Filaments tapering upwards; anthers included, 0.6 mm long, lateral, more or less deltoid, less than twice as long as broad; pore about A the length of the cell. Ovary turbinate, glabrous; style exserted; stigma capitellate.
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Erect shrub to 1.8 m. Flowers medium, tubular, pinkish white, hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Erica fontana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328728-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672086
COL ID 6GK8Z
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Synonyms

Erica fontana