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Erica thymifolia

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Name

Identification
Erica milanjiana Bolus [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Alm, C.G.; Fries, T.C.E., Erica thymifolia Andrews [family ERICACEAE ]
Related name
  • Erica latifolia
  • Erica ciliaris
  • Erica milanjiana
  • Erica thymifolia
  • Erica azaleaefolia
  • Erica flacca
  • Erica planifolia

Flora

Entry for ERICA planifolia Linn. [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 planifolia Linn. [family ERICACEAE], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 508;—Berg. Descr. Pl. Cap. 100; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 669.
ERICA thymifolia Salisb. var. α [family ERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 325, acc. to Bentham.
ERICA thymifolia Salisb. var. β [family ERICACEAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. vi. 325, acc. to Bentham.
ERICA thymifolia Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Heathery, t. 195, and Col. Heaths, t. 136, not of Wendl.
ERICA distans Spreng. fil. [family ERICACEAE], Fl. Tent. Suppl. Syst. 13, not of Benth.
Information
diffuse, much branched, 6–12 in. high; branches pubescent; leaves 3-nate, spreading, ovate to lanceolate, acute, open-backed, margins revolute, midrib thickened upwards into a smooth prominent callosity, puberulous, ciliate, 1 1/2–2 lin. long; flowers axillary, solitary or usually so; pedicels slender, hispidulous, 2–2 1/2 lin. long; bracts 2, remote, foliaceous, shortly petiolate; sepals lanceolate, acute, foliaceous, gland-ciliate, margins revolute, about 1 lin. long; corolla cyathiform, mouth neither contracted nor widened, hispidulous, viscid, 1 1/2 lin. long; limb suberect, less than 1/2 as long as the tube; filaments from a short dilated base tapering upwards; anthers included, lateral, dorsifixed close to the base, oblong, 2/5 lin. long, aristate; awns setiform, about 1/2 as long as the cell; style included; stigma capitate; ovary hispidulous. null
Distribution
COAST REGION at 2000–3000 ft.: Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, Drège! Bolus, 5178! Paarl Div.; French Hoek, Schlechter, 9239! Cape Div.; on mountains around Cape Town, Thunberg, Roxburgh! Niven! Burchell, 602! 8435! Bolus, 3334! Schlechter, 223! Guthrie, 557! Stellenbosch Div.; Hottentots Holland, Zeyher, 334 (ex Sprengel). Var. β: Caledon Div.; mountains near the Zondereinde River, Zeyher, 3215! (in Cape Govt. and Berlin Herbaria).SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Herb. Salisbury! and cultivated specimens!
Notes
Most nearly allied to E. cryptanthera, and E. thymifolia. It is more robust than the former and distinguished from the latter by its shorter corollas and included anthers.

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