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Erica laeta

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: Orophanes

Erica laeta Erica laeta

The white form of Erica laeta flowering with the usual pink form in summer on the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica laeta var. incisa flowering in summer on the Smitswinkelvlakte on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]