Species Erica intervallaris
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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 intervallaris:
From the Latin intervallum = 'interval'; possibly referring to the spaces between the leaves, flowers or inflorescences
Scientific name:
Erica intervallaris Salisb.
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Unknown
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Synonym status:
Erect to sprawling shrublet to 60 cm. Flowers small, narrowly urn-shaped, pink. July--Jan. Moist places and slopes, middle to high alt., SW (Hottentots Holland to Riviersonderend Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Erica intervallaris
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown