Species Erica cymosa
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica cymosa.
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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 cymosa:
From the Latin cymosus = 'cymose' - an arrangement of flowers in a cyme which is an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single terminal flower which develops first, the inflorescence being continued by secondary, tertiary, and other axes
Scientific name:
Erica cymosa E. Mey. ex Benth.
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Straggling slender shrublet against rocks. Flowers small, globular, white tinged red, hairy. Dec.--Jan. Upper slopes, rock faces, SW (Dutoitskloof).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica cymosa.