Erica gracilis J.C.Wendl.

Species

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Characteristics

A slender branched erect shrub, under 1 ft. high; branches ascending or spreading, pubescent; leaves erect or sometimes incurved or spreading, imbricate, linear, keeled or round-backed, slender, glabrous, 1-2 lin. long; flowers 4-nate, on rather short branchlets; pedicels 1-2 1/2 lin. long; bracts remote, small; sepals ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, ciliolate or naked, about 1/2 lin. long; corolla urceolate, mouth usually slightly (rarely much) contracted, rosy, 1 1/4-2 (mostly 1 1/2) lin. long; segments small, erect or spreading (probably always spreading at full maturity); anthers included, ovate, obtuse, glabrous, margins naked, little more than 1/5 lin. long, broad-aristate or subaristate; pore about 1/2 as long as the cell; awns deflexed close to the cells, broadish-subulate, entire or minutely lacerate, from 1/2 as long to nearly as long as the cells; style included; stigma capitellate; ovary sessile on a broad disk, glabrous.
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Erect shrub, up to 0.3-0.5 m high. Leaves erect, imbricate, 2.1-4.2 mm long, linear, keeled or round-backed, slender, glabrous. Flowers 4-nate, on short branchlets. Calyx sepals ± 1 mm long, ovate lanceolate, ciliolate or naked. Corolla 2.6-4.3 mm long, urceolate, mouth slightly contracted, rosy to pink; lobes small, erect or spreading (especially at maturity). Anthers included, > 0.4 mm long ovate, obtuse, glabrous, margins naked, broadly aristate or subcristate; pore ± 1/2 as long as theca; appendages deflexed close to theca, subulate, entire or minutely lacerate, from 1/2 as long to nearly as long as theca. Ovary sessile on broad disk, glabrous; style included; stigma capitellate. Flowering time all year.
Erect shrublet to 50 cm. Flowers small, narrowly urn-shaped, pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Erica gracilis world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328805-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672183
COL ID 6GK9J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Erica tenuissima Erica gracilis Erica imbecilla Erica tenera Ericoides tenuissimum Erica neglecta