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Erica hibbertia
Erica hibbertia is a rare fynbos heath from the Western Cape of South Africa, known from only a few small populations, and is not commonly grown in gardens. It is a conservation concern, so it should be left in the wild rather than collected.
Erica hibbertia is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and forming part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from the Franschhoek Pass to the Stettynsberge. The range is 69 km² and there are only three segmented subpopulations with less than 50 plants. Population reduction due to invasive plants and road construction activities has caused the plants to decline in numbers at the Franschhoek Pass.
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 hibbertia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
