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Erica sacciflora
Also called Swartbekkieheath
Erica sacciflora is a fynbos heath from the Western Cape of South Africa, in the heather family (Ericaceae), and is rare in the wild. It is grown only occasionally in gardens, and the key to growing it is treating it like other fynbos heaths: sun, excellent drainage and little feeding.
Erica sacciflora is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Franschhoek Mountains. The plant has an area of occurrence of 87 km2, much of which has been lost to forestry activities: the planting of plantations. The remaining habitat has been encroached upon by pine trees and other invasive plants. At one stage, no subpopulation could be found. Fortunately, after a process of clearing the invasive plants, a subpopulation was rediscovered. It is suspected that more subpopulations will be rediscovered after further clearing work and even veldfires. Ongoing clearing work is necessary to preserve the subpopulations.
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 sacciflora 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.
