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Erica abietina

[= Erica conica, Erica grandiflora, Erica hesseana, Erica phylicifolia]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica > Section: Pleurocallis

Erica abietina

The Cape Peninsula endemic, Erica abietina ssp. atrorosea, flowering in summer on the south low slopes of Vlakkenberg on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica abietina Erica abietina

Erica abietina ssp. constantiana flowering with Leucadendron xanthoconus behind. Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The Table Mountain endemic, Erica abietina ssp. abietina, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Subspecies

Erica abietina subsp. abietina

Erica abietina subsp. atrorosea

 

Erica abietina subsp. aurantiaca

 

Erica abietina subsp. diabolis

 

Erica abietina subsp. constantiana

 

Erica abietina subsp. perfoliosa

 

Erica abietina subsp. petraea