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Erica regia
Also called King Heath Complex
Erica regia, the Elim heath, is a low fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, growing up to about 70 cm high and flowering mainly from August to October with red or white tubular blooms. It is a rare South African heath and is rarely grown outside its native range.
Erica regia, the Elim heath, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Erica and forms part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Elim to Viljoenshof. The shrub grows up to 70 cm high. The shrub flowers throughout the year with the peak from August to October. The flowers are tubular and red or white or a combination of the two colors. Seeds are formed in caps that are released after two months.
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 regia 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.
