Erica guthriei Bolus

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Erect, a foot high, glabrous; branches diffuse, ascending; leaves erect, adpressed and closely imbricate, or slightly spreading, linear to oblong, obtuse, the younger viscid, thick, shining, 1-1 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 1/2 lin. long; bracts approximate, ovate, coloured, very small; sepals ovate or obovate, viscid, coloured, shorter than the corolla, 1/2-3/4 lin. long; corolla oblate-globose, depressed above the middle, viscid, red, 1 1/2 lin. long, width somewhat greater; segments erect, closely contracted round the stamens; anthers sublateral, oblong, obtuse, a little over 1/2 lin. long; pore large and wide, about 7/8 the length of the cell; ovary glabrous.
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Sparse, erect shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers small, calycine, very broadly urn-shaped, sticky, pink, with exserted anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Erica guthriei world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328816-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672200
COL ID 6GJXL
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Synonyms

Erica guthriei Erica guthriei var. guthriei