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Erica demissa

Erica demissa
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Erica demissa is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and forming part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape.

This plant is one of the 54 plant species used as primary nectar and pollen sources by Cape honeybees, Apis mellifera capensis, and has been studied in the Eastern Cape Province in an area where fynbos vegetation mixes with grassland communities.

Other Erica plants

Erica abbottii · Honeysuckle heath · Summer heath · Erica albens · Erica alfredii · Cold Heath · Foxtail Erica · Erica amicorum · Erica amoena · Erica ampullacea · Erica andevalensis · Eyelash Heath

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erica demissa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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