Species Erica macrocalyx
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There aren’t any identifications of Erica macrocalyx.
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 macrocalyx:
From the Greek makro = 'large' and calyx = 'calyx'
Scientific name:
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Long etymology:
Erect shrublet to 40 cm. Flowers small, tubular, dull white to pale pink, with 4 exserted anthers, corolla 2-lipped. Aug.--Dec. Moist slopes, NW, SW, LB, SE (Piketberg to George).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Erica macrocalyx.
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