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Erica massonii L.F.

Masson's heath (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Erect shrub up to about 45 cm (1 1/2 ft) with spreading branches. Leaves 4-to 6-nate, 2-4 mm long, densely imbricate, erect to spreading and recurved, oblong, obtuse, sulcate, long-ciliate. Flowers in 5-to 10-flowered umbels; peduncles 8 mm long, lanate; bracts subapproximate, 4 mm long, hirsute. Sepals 4-5 mm long, lanceolate or oblong, sulcate, more or less hirsute, very viscid. Corolla about 2.5 cm long, tubular, asymmetrically inflated, swollen at the throat, extremely viscid, red or orange with green lobes about 2 mm long. Filaments capillary, and thickened above; anthers manifest, 1 mm long, oblong, lateral, muticous; pore about 1/2 the length of the cell. Ovary narrow oblong, long-stipitate, glabrous; style included; stigma capitate, 4-lobed.
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Erect, 1-1 1/2 ft. high; branches spreading; leaves 4-6-nate, closely crowded and densely imbricate, erect or subspreading, oblong, obtuse, flat, long-ciliate, 2 lin. long; umbels 5-10-flowered; pedicels lanate, 4 lin. long; bracts subremote, long-haired, 2 lin. long; sepals lanceolate or oblong, blunt, sulcate, glossy, very viscid, more or less long-hairy, 2-2 1/2 lin. long; corolla tubular, asymmetrically inflated, subglobosely swollen below the mouth, extremely viscid, red or orange with a green limb, about 1 in. long; stamens subincluded; filaments capillary, thickened and curved at the insertion of the oblong dorsifixed muticous anther.
Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers large, tubular, very sticky, red with green tip.
A shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.06 - 1.56
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 6-7
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings
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Germination treatment stratification
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Images

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Distribution

Erica massonii world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329087-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672581
COL ID 6GM6H
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Syringodea lycopodiifolia Syringodea massonii Syringodea ambigua Syringodea rugosa Syringodea perspicua Syringodea patersonioides Erica hybrida Callista bedfordiana Callista bucciniflora Callista calostoma Callista metuliflora Callista quadrangularis Callista rigida Callista stellifera Callista swainsoniana Callista templeana Erica rigida Erica acuminata Erica bibracteata Erica calamiformis Erica calostoma Erica carinata Erica cylindrica Erica erosa Erica gemmifera Syringodea carinata Syringodea hybrida Syringodea acuminata Syringodea radiata Syringodea rubida Syringodea spuria Callista acuminata Callista magnifica Callista undulata Erica adjuvans Erica ambigua Erica andrewsii Erica bucciniflora Erica culcitiflora Erica lycopodiifolia Erica massonii Erica metuliflora Erica patersonioides Erica perspicua Erica pseudovestita Erica rubrosepala Erica rugosa Erica swainsonia Erica templea Erica translucens Erica undulata Erica westphalingia Ericoides carinatum Ericoides massonii Eurylepis massonii Euryloma oblonga Euryloma princeps Erica magnifica Erica stellifera Erica massonia Erica oblonga Erica pallida Erica quadrangularis Erica radiata Erica rubercalyx Erica rubida Erica rubrocalyx Erica spuria Erica tubulosa Erica massonii var. massonii Erica princeps Erica perspicuoides
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