Erica savilea Andrews

Species

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Characteristics

About 1 ft. high, much branched; branches pubescent; leaves 4-nate, (or sometimes 3-nate, Bentham), linear, subtrigonous, acute, glabrous, ciliate, especially the younger, with long soft hairs, 21-3 lin. long; umbels 3-4-flowered; pedicels slender, puberulous, 3-4 lin. long; bracts remote, linear, small; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, keeled, scarious-edged; corolla urceolate or ovoid-urceolate, throat much contracted, glabrous, dry, 4-5 lin. long; limb broad, under 1 lin. long; anthers broad-cuneate, purple, 1/3-1/2 lin. long, very minutely cristate or aristate, the appendages not reaching below the base of the cells; pore about 1/3 the length of the cell; ovary subsessile or broadly short-stipitate.
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Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers medium, urn-shaped, bright pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.31
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Distribution

Erica savilea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329557-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673184
COL ID 6GLB7
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Synonyms

Erica savilea Ericoides savileanum Erica savileana Erica savileia Erica savilliae Erica tristis Erica savilea var. savilea Erica delecta