Erica regerminans L.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Erect, glabrous, 1-2 ft. high; branches long, virgate, the younger striate with long prominent leaf-cushions; leaves mostly sub-6-nate, sometimes 3-4-nate or scattered, incurved-erect, linear, acuminate, slender, 3-6 lin. long; inflorescence a long and mostly dense pseudoraceme or spike, 4-5 in. long and 1/2 in. or more in diam.; pedicels slender, 2-3 lin. long; bracts remote, small; sepals ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, keel-tipped, margins scarious, about 3/4 lin. long; corolla from globose-urceolate to ovoid-urceolate, more or less constricted at the throat, from pale rosy to bright-red, about 2 lin. long; limb rounded, slightly spreading, about 1/6 the length of the tube; anthers narrow-subovate, subacute, smooth, about 1/4 lin. long, crested-aristate; pore a little over 1/2 the length of the cell; awns subulate, irregularly lobulate, bearded, about 3/4 the length of the cell; style included; stigma capitellate; ovary glabrous.
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Erect shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers small, globose to urn-shaped, bright pink, in long, dense spikes.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.31 - 0.61
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Distribution

Erica regerminans world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329493-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673091
COL ID 6GLP6
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Synonyms

Erica regerminans Erica regerminans Erica smithiana Ericoides virescens Syringodea virescens Erica uncifolia Erica juncea Erica lichtensteinii Erica multumbellifera Erica persoluta Ericoides regerminans Erica leucantha Erica racemifera Erica rosea Erica virescens Erica pelviformis