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Erica glandulosa subsp. fourcadei

Common names: Fourcade's heath

Family: Ericaceae

... and the dry environmental conditions associated with this. Erica glandulosa subsp . fourcadei is found in exposed, windy ... are pollinated as the birds move from flower to flower. Erica Fourcade's erica is easily grown from fresh seed which should be sown in ...

26 / 08 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica glandulosa subsp. glandulosa

Common names: glandulous heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2013 Erica glandulosa is a widespread species and shows ... has prompted taxonomists to group it into four subspecies. Erica glandulosa subsp . glandulosa is the best known and ... pink to orange, but yellow-flowered forms are also found. Erica glandulosa subsp . glandulosa is widely distributed ...

20 / 05 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Salvia dentata

Flowers and clayx which remains after flower falls

Common names: Toothed sage (Eng.); bergsalie, blousalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... with fynbos plants such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica species. New plants are easy to propagate from seed and ...

29 / 04 / 2013 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Salvia dolomitica

Common names: dolomite sage, pilgrim's rest pink sage (Eng.); dolomietsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

... with fynbos plants such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica species. New plants are easy to propagate from seed ...

01 / 04 / 2013 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Hermas villosa

Common names: Tinderleaf (Eng.); tontelblaar (Afr.)

Family: Apiaceae

... found to grow with a variety of fynbos species including Erica spumosa, E. coccinea , E. lutea, E. sitiens, Nivenia ...

04 / 03 / 2013 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica quadrangularis

Common names: baby heath, square heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2013 Erica quadrangularis forms an upright shrub up to 600 mm, ... with pink or are a shade of pink, from pale to rosy pink. Erica quadrangularis grows in seepage areas on sandy flats, ... as far as the Swartberg and Kammanassie mountain ranges. Erica quadrangularis is pollinated by insects. The seeds fall ...

18 / 02 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica verticillata

Common names: whorled heath, marsh heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2013 Erica verticillata is a handsome, strong growing, hardy ... in a less orderly manner. There are eight cultivars of Erica verticillata at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Each ... names and numbers by the international registrar of erica cultivar names, Dr Charles Nelson. See below for ...

04 / 02 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica scabriuscula

Common names: none recorded

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2012 Erica scabriuscula is a large, erect shrub developing into a ... or sometimes pale pink, rounded to urn-shaped flowers. Erica scabriuscula occurs primarily from the eastern ... margins where it grows into a large bush 3-5 m tall. Erica scabriuscula prefers cooler, moister south-facing ...

17 / 12 / 2012 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica brachialis

Common names: hairy-tube heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden April 2012 Erica brachialis is a sturdy, erect, woody shrub up to 2 m ... time is mid to late summer (January-February-March). Erica brachialis occurs on rocky slopes, low coastal ... sea, yet the plants are unaffected by salty spray or wind. Erica brachialis is a long-lived plant. The oldest known wild ...

23 / 04 / 2012 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Serruria villosa

Common names: golden spiderhead, valley spiderhead (Eng.); gouespinnekopbos (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

... groundcovers like Ursinia & Syncarpha species, Erica plukenetii and small buchus amongst many others. ...

16 / 04 / 2012 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica canaliculata

Common names: channelled heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2012 Erica canaliculata is a large, erect shrub up to 2 or 3 m ... smell, not unpleasant yet not exactly pleasant either. Erica canaliculata grows along the coastal plains and valleys ... It appears to be pollinated by bees and small insects. Erica Erica canaliculata is easily grown from fresh seed ...

05 / 03 / 2012 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica clavisepala

Common names: club heath, Cape Point marsh heath

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2011 Erica clavisepala is a compact, bushy shrublet reaching only ... are long and thin and covered in long, shaggy hairs. Erica clavisepala is endemic to the Cape Peninsula where it ... short stature, dark green leaves and dark purple flowers. Erica clavisepala is probably pollinated by insects. Erica ...

05 / 12 / 2011 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Erica shannonea

Common names: bottle heath, Countess of Shannon's erica (Eng.); bottelheide (Afr.)

Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2011 Erica shannonea is an erect, rounded, woody shrub growing up ... arise from about the same point at the end of a branch. Erica shannonea is restricted to the lower slopes of the ... along the mountain range between Napier and Bredasdorp. Erica shannonea grows in sandstone fynbos in mountainous ...

28 / 11 / 2011 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG