Erica leucotrachela H.A.Baker

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Flowers 16-18 mm long with bulbous subapical zone; bract-like leaves usually on the flowering branchlet just below the flower; seeds with scale-like flaps and with the normal small pits coalescing into long, snake-like pits; corolla dark purplish/cerise pink with white apical portion, hairy.
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Erect shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers large, tubular, dark pink with white mouth, finely hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil humidity 4-6
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Distribution

Erica leucotrachela world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329016-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672472
COL ID 6GM5R
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Synonyms

Erica leucotrachela