Erica mammosa L.

Erect shrub up to about 1.2 m (4 ft). Branches numerous in favourable conditions, puberulous, leaves 4-nate or scattered, 6-10 mm long, erect-spreading, linear-lanceolate, trigonous. Flowers in a tight or loose raceme, cernuous; peduncles 2-4 mm long, usually puberulous; bracts median, small. Sepals long, obovate or ovate-lanceolate, acutely keel-tipped, scarious. Corolla 1.5-2.5 cm long, tubular, obliquely inflated, with 4 dents or grooves at the base, glabrous, variously coloured as above; lobes erect, rounded. Filaments filiform; anthers included, 2 mm long, lateral, oblong or cuneate usually with a sharp basal point in front, appendiculate; awns of variable length. Ovary glabrous; style shortly exserted; stigma capitate.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.