Species Erica parviflora
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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 parviflora:
From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Scientific name:
Erica parviflora L.
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Erect or spreading shrublet to 1 m. Flowers small, urn-shaped, white, pink to magenta, hairy. Apr.--Nov. Flats and slopes, often wet places, SW, AP (Dutoitskloof Mts to Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp).
Observations of Taxon
Erica parviflora
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Riaan de Villiers (David)
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Erica parviflora
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Ross Turner (Ericaphile)
Date observed:
27/08/2007 - 1:31pm
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