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Erica blanda

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Name

Identification
Erica gracilis J.C.Wendl. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Erica blanda Salisb. [family ERICACEAE ]
Related name
  • Erica doliiformis
  • Erica blanda
  • Erica cristaeflora
  • Erica scariosa
  • Erica mammosa
  • Erica aggregata
  • Erica cornuta
  • Erica gracilis

Flora

Entry for ERICA doliiformis Salisb. [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
ERICA doliiformis Salisb. [family ERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 368
ERICA blanda Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Heathery, t. 107, and Col. Heaths, t. 152, not of Salisb.; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 13; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 636.
ERICA mammosa Thunb. [family ERICACEAE], Diss. Erica, 42, not of Linn.
ERICA metulæflora Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Heathery, t. 224, and Col. Heaths, t. 185; Bot. Mag. t. 612
ERICA metulæflora Andr. var. discolor [family ERICACEAE], Heathery, 269.
Information
under 1 ft. high; branches erect or spreading; leaves sub-6-nate, crowded, spreading and upcurved, or subsquarrose, linear, glabrous, glandular-ciliate, 5–6 lin. long; flowers umbellate; pedicels 5–7 lin. long, glandular-pubescent; bracts approximate, linear, foliaceous, 2 1/2–3 lin. long; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glandular, slightly exceeding the bracts; corolla tubular-inflated, narrowed to base and apex, glandular-pubescent, 5–7 lin. long, rosy; anthers subincluded, oblong, very shortly decurrent-aristate, nearly 1 lin. long; style shortly exserted; ovary turbinate, thinly puberulous. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000–3000 ft., Drège, 1146! 7736! Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Niven, 149! Also cultivated specimens!SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Thunberg.
Notes
Apparently a rare species, not found by any recent collector. There are good specimens in the Cape Govt. Herb. but without any indication of origin. It seems to be usually distinguishable by its long slender glandular-hairy pedicels and puberulous ovaries.

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