Species Erica coccinea
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Erica:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Etymology of coccinea:
From the Latin coccineus = ‘scarlet’
Scientific name:
Erica coccinea L.
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Unknown
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Synonym status:
Erect rigid shrub to 1.2 m. Flowers large, tubular, yellow, orange or red, with far exserted anthers. Jan.--Dec. Common on rocky flats and mountains, NW, SW, AP, LB (Clanwilliam to George).
Observations of Taxon
Erica coccinea
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Name of observer:
Ross Turner (Ericaphile)
Date observed:
29/08/2007 - 1:41pm
Collection:
Erica coccinea
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Name of observer:
Ross Turner (Ericaphile)
Date observed:
29/08/2007 - 2:51pm
Collection:
Erica coccinea
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Name of observer:
Ross Turner (Ericaphile)
Date observed:
27/08/2007 - 2:56pm
Collection:
Erica coccinea
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2012 - 5:52pm
Collection:
Erica coccinea
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Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/08/2010 - 3:24pm