Species Erica caterviflora
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica caterviflora.
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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 caterviflora:
From the Latin ‘catervi’ / ‘caterva’ meaning ‘crowd’; and the Latin ‘flora’ / ‘flos’ meaning ‘flower’; referring to the congested flowers
Scientific name:
Erica caterviflora Salisb.
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Synonym status:
Erect woody shrub to 1.3 m. Flowers small, urn-shaped, pink, finely hairy. Dec.--Mar. Rocky places, upper slopes, SW (Cape Peninsula).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica caterviflora.
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