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Erica woodii
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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Mt Rukotso, Nyanga
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| Synonyms: |
Erica rhodesiaca Alm & T.C.E. Fr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect branched subshrub, 20 - 60 cm tall. Branches with short simple hairs and longer, branched glandular hairs. Scale-like leaves in whorls of 3, narrowly ovate, 1-4 mm long, shortly pubescent on both surfaces and with a few branched glandular cilia on the margin. Flowers in 6-9 flowered clusters in the axils of the upper leaf-whorls and on short side branches, together forming narrow, paniculate inflorescences, up to 20 cm long. Corolla bell-shaped, mauve, c. 2.5 mm in diameter, pale pink or white, hairless except for minutely ciliate margins. Style c. 1.3 mm long, exceeding the corolla. |
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| Habitat: | Occurring in montane scrub and grassland, often near streams. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1700 - 2435 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, and KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E |
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| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 7 August 2009 |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 25. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 173. 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 40. Ross, R. (1983). Ericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 168 - 169. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Erica woodiiAfrican Plant Database: Erica woodii
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Erica woodii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Erica woodii
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Erica woodii
JSTOR Plant Science: Erica woodii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erica woodii
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