Species Erica canescens
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica canescens.
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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 canescens:
From the Latin canescens = ‘becoming white’
Scientific name:
Erica canescens J.C. Wendl.
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Synonym status:
Erect lax shrublet to 60 cm. Flowers small, cup-shaped, pink, hairy. Jan.--Dec. Coastal flats and lower slopes, SW, AP (Malmesbury to Bredasdorp).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica canescens.
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