Erica placentiflora Salisb.

Erica
Determined by T.M. Schuster - WFU - 2008
COMPTON HERBARIUM (NBG)
NATIONAL BOTANICAL INSTITUTE, KIRSTENBOSCH, CAPE TOWN
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3219 CC
WUPPERTAL
W J Hanekom
<£899
GRID
REF.
LEGIT <S
NO.
regio Western Cape
anno 4 October 1997
alt. 850 m
Erica placentiflora Salisb.
Koue Bokkeveld; Helpmekaar. Ondertuin, Boesmanklip. White
sandy soil between large rocks at foot of mountain.
Fynbos vegetation.
Shrub; single-stemmed; 1m high; often (mostly) much lower than
mentioned height, to 50 cm in diam. Commences branching
from the ground. Leaves green. Flowers, including the bracts
and sepals, pink (purplish-pink). The flowers are sticky. Fairly
abundant.
E G H Oliver
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