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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Ericoid hard-leaf (English) Heath hard-leaf (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small, much-branched shrub up to 1 m high; branchlets grey-velvety. Leaves spirally arranged, very narrowly ovate-elliptic, 8 × 3 mm, erect-spreading; margin strongly rolled under, almost covering the undersurface. Flowers small, in dense corymbose heads, white. Fruit an obovoid capsule, 4 mm long, hairless, crowned with the base of the calyx, dehiscent. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | ericoides: like a species of Erica (Ericaceae), referring to the almost scale-like leaves in this species |
| Habitat: | Occurring among rocks in the Chimanimani Mts |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Above 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | South Africa and the Chimanimani Mts of Mozambique and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1966). Rhamnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 432 - 434. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 69. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 98. |
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