Species Erica abietina
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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 abietina:
From the Latin abies meaning ‘silver fir’ and the Latin -tina an adjectival suffix implying likeness; i.e. resembling the silver fir
Scientific name:
Erica abietina L.
Common names:
Red Heath
Rooiheide
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Synonym status:
Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers large, tubular, bright red. Jan.--Sept. Mountain plateaus, SW (Cape Peninsula).
Observations of Taxon
Erica abietina subsp. aurantiaca
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Erica abietina
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Erica abietina
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
01/07/2020 - 9:28am
Collection:
Erica abietina
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
29/03/2017 - 3:02pm
Collection:
Erica abietina
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
05/09/2015 - 1:14pm
Collection: