Species Erica lepidota
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Erica lepidota.
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 lepidota:
From the Latin lepidotus = ‘covered with small scales’
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Linnaea 26: 786 (1853)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1853
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica lepidota.