Species Erica glandulosa
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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 glandulosa:
From the Latin glandulosa / glandulosus meaning ‘covered with glands’
Scientific name:
Erica glandulosa Thunb.
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Synonym status:
Erect sticky shrub to 1.5 m. Flowers medium to large, tubular, pink to orange often with darker longitudinal stripes, occasionally white. Jan.--Dec. Flats and lower slopes, LB, SE (Mossel Bay to Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Erica glandulosa
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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Erica glandulosa
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
25/02/2007 - 10:38am
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Erica glandulosa
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Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
29/04/2012 - 2:38pm
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Erica glandulosa
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Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
06/10/2010 - 2:00pm
Collection:
Erica glandulosa
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Name of observer:
Gerhard Kirsten (David)
Date observed:
06/10/2010 - 2:00pm
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