Erica melastoma Andrews

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Leaves erect to semi-erect, straight; flowers single on short, leafy side branches; sulcus on sepals, bract and bracteoles very short, apical, broadly open, V-shaped (not narrow, slit-like and forming a keel) or absent. This is a very variable species in the size of the flowers, size and shape of the sepals, shape and stickiness of the corolla and colour of the corolla apex. Within all this variation there is only one distinct discontinuity, namely in the size of the corolla, and we propose to recognize this at subspecific level.
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Like E. coccinea, erect shrub 1 m. Flowers large, ovoid to tubular, yellow or greenish yellow often with dark brown apex, or yellow-orange, far exserted anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Images

Erica melastoma unspecified picture

Distribution

Erica melastoma world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329101-1
WFO ID wfo-0000672600
COL ID 6GLVS
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Synonyms

Ectasis picta Ectasis vestiflua Erica picta Ericoides vestifluum Erica follicularis Erica coccinea var. inflata Erica coccinea var. melastoma Erica coccinea var. willdenowii Erica petiveri var. willdenowii Erica follicularis var. inflata Erica petiveri var. melastoma Erica melastoma Erica follicularis var. melastoma Erica vestiflua