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Hedgehog Heath

Erica sparrmanni

Hedgehog Heath
Photo: Andrew massyn, Public domain
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Erica sparrmanni is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Erica. The species is endemic to the Cape Provinces. The specific epithet has subsequently been spelt in various ways, but the original description by Carl Linnaeus the Younger used sparrmanni. The International Plant Names Index notes that this is based on the Latinized name "Sparrmannus".

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 sparrmanni 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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