Species Erica filiformis
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica filiformis.
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 filiformis:
From the Latin fili / filum meaning ‘thread’; and the Latin formis / formis meaning ‘in the form of’.
Scientific name:
Erica filiformis Salisb.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Synonym status:
Erect compact to diffuse shrublet to 30 cm. Flowers small, urn- to bell-shaped, pink, with exserted anthers. Oct.--Apr. Clay flats and lower slopes, SW (Paarl to Elgin).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica filiformis.