Erica walkeria Andrews

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Erect, 1-1 1/2 ft. high; branches mostly slender, densely leafy and flowered; leaves usually spreading and incurved, linear, subacute, keeled, about 2 lin. long; flowers subsessile; bracts approximate, subequal, lanceolate, scarious; sepals oblong, lanceolate, or sometimes suboblanceolate, acute, scarious, minutely ciliate-lacerate, thickly keeled at the apex, 2-3 lin. long, bracts and sepals often uncinately-incurved; corolla-tube urceolate, rosy or red, 3-4 lin. long; segments ovate or suborbicular, rarely mealy above, about 1 lin. long; anthers oblong, about 2/5 lin. long, muticous; pore 1/2 the length of the cell.
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Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers medium, urn-shaped, pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.61
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Soil texture 5-6
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Erica walkeria world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329907-1
WFO ID wfo-0000673622
COL ID 6GLMZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Callista juliana Callista pellucida Callista walkeria Erica fastigiata Erica walkeria Erica juliana Erica pulchra Erica walkeria var. walkeria Erica walkeriana

Lower taxons

Erica walkeria var. praestans