Species Erica fastigiata
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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 fastigiata:
From Latin fastigatus = an 'apex' or 'summit'; referring either to the organism narrowing towards the top; having upright usually clustered branches; or to the organism occurring on a summit.
Scientific name:
Erica fastigiata L.
Common names:
Four Sisters Heath
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Synonym status:
Erect shrublet to 50 cm. Flowers medium to large, tubular with large spreading lobes, red tube with pink or white lobes with dark central ring. July--Dec. Damp to dry flats to middle alt. slopes, SW (Franschhoek to Kleinrivier Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Erica fastigiata
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Erica fastigiata
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Name of observer:
Amida Johns (David)
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Collection:
Erica fastigiata
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2010 - 2:00pm
Collection:
Erica fastigiata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2010 - 2:00pm
Collection:
Erica fastigiata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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