Species Erica glabra
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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 glabra:
From the Latin glaber = 'hairless', 'smooth' or 'bald'
Scientific name:
Erica glabra Thunb.
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Low spreading shrublet to 20 cm. Flowers small, tubular ovoid, pink, with 4 exserted anthers. Sept.--Feb. Dry slopes, NW, SW (Bokkeveld Mts to Breede River valley: Worcester).
Observations of Taxon
Erica glabra
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Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
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