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Erica jasminiflora

Erica jasminiflora
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Erica jasminiflora, the jasmine heath, is an endangered species of Erica, native to South Africa.

It is a small shrub around 60 centimetres (24 inches) high, with thin, spindly branches, which are shrouded in reduced and flat leaves. Blooming from November to March at the end of the branches are inflorescences of three or four tubular-shaped flowers. The star-shaped corolla look similar to jasmine and are sticky. The colour of the corolla ranges from white to pale pink with darker pink veins.

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 jasminiflora 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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