Species Erica daphniflora
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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 daphniflora:
The name refers to the similarity of this species to the genus Daphne, a European genus in the family Thymeleaceae and a naiad in Greek mythology
Scientific name:
Erica daphniflora Salisb.
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Long etymology:
Daphne is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater. She is said by ancient sources variously to have been a daughter of the river god Peneus and the nymph Creusa in Thessaly (Hyginus Fabulae 203) or of Ladon (the river Ladon in Arcadia) or Pineios, and to Ge (or Gaia) (Pausanias and others).[2] [3]
Synonym status:
Erect shrublet to 1 m. Flowers medium to large, urn-shaped to tubular urn-shaped, white, yellow, pink or red. July--Mar. Sandy flats and slopes, often beside water, NW, SW, LB (Cedarberg Mts to Heidelberg).
Observations of Taxon
Erica daphniflora
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Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Erica daphniflora
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Riaan de Villiers (David)
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Erica daphniflora
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Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Erica daphniflora
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/11/2006 - 3:07pm
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Erica daphniflora
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Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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