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Pretty Confusing Ericas

Erica longiaristata (Ericaceae)

There are many pretty species of Erica but only one truly bears the name: Erica pulchella. (“Pulchella” is the Latin diminutive for beautiful, i.e. pretty.) It forms low branched shrubs with numerous dense spikes of small purplish red urn-shaped flowers. It grows from the Cape Peninsula to Kogelberg, and along…

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Flora December, Erica, Ericaceae, February, January, stamens, summer

Winter Seasoning

Flowering branch of Erica imbricata (Ericaceae)

In colder climates, heath gardens are often created to provide winter colour, but in South Africa most heathers flower in spring or summer. However, there is a common heath, Erica imbricata, that flowers here at Phillipskop from June onwards. The flowers are white but they have contrasting dark brown exserted…

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Flora Erica, Erica imbricata, Ericaceae, July, salt and pepper heath, stamens, winter
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