Erica triceps Link

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Stem stout; branches ascending, pubescent, 10 in. or more long; leaves erect-spreading, imbricate, lanceolate to oblong, subtrigonous, the younger ciliate, 2-2 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 1-1 1/2 lin. long; bracts approximate, ovate, acute, cartilaginous, large; sepals lanceolate to ovate, acute or acuminate, subscarious or cartilaginous, with a strong excurrent short keel-tip, glabrous, ciliate or naked, 2 lin. long, a little shorter or longer than the corolla; corolla suburceolate, glabrous, viscid ? (acc, to Bentham), about 2 lin. long, longer than its width; filaments rather broad, dilated and shortly bent just below the anther; anthers terminal, longitudinally narrow-semi-elliptical, acute or acuminate; cells deeply partite and usually at length spreading in the upper part, hispidulous, brownish, 1 lin. long or a little over; pore about 2/3 the length of the cell; ovary glabrous.
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Erect shrub, up to 0.6 m high. Leaves erect to squarrose, 2.1-5.3 mm long, linear, subulate or lanceolate-oblong, subtrigonous, younger ciliolate; pedicels ± 3.2 mm long; bracts subremote, sepal-like but smaller. Calyx sepals lax and spreading, 3.2 mm long, narrow-ovate, acute or acuminate, keel-tipped, subviscid, glabrous, white. Flowers calycine. Corolla 3.1-3.7 mm long, urceolate or globose-urceolate, longer or sometimes shorter than its width, glabrous viscid or viscid-puberulous, somewhat exceeding sepals, occasionally shorter, white; lobes spreading. Filaments dilated just below anther, slightly curved; anther subterminal, 1.4-1.6 mm long, longitudinally semi-ovate, dorsal margin curved, acute, ciliolate, ± hispidulous; pore 3/5 length of theca. Ovary on a conspicuous black disk, glabrous or hispidulous; style generally deflexed or hooked. Flowering time all year.
Erect shrublet to 60 cm. Flowers small, calycine, urn-shaped, white, with exserted anthers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Erica triceps world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329771-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673442
COL ID 6GKXT
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Synonyms

Erica triceps Ericoides triceps Eurystegia triceps Erica spumosa