Species Erica calycina
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Etymology of Erica:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Etymology of calycina:
From the Latin calcyinus = ‘with a noticeable calyx’
Scientific name:
Erica calycina L.
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Erect rigid shrublet to 1(--2) m. Flowers small, calycine, bell-shaped with recurved lobes, white, pink or purple. Aug.--Jan. Flats to upper slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg to Riviersonderend Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Erica calycina
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Erica calycina
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Riaan de Villiers (David)
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Erica calycina
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
29/11/2016 - 11:08am
Collection:
Erica calycina
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
29/11/2016 - 1:16pm
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Erica calycina
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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