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Erica peltata

Summary

Erica peltata (the ker-ker heath or raasheath) is a species of Erica heath endemic to the fynbos region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Erica peltata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Erica
Species:
E. peltata
Binomial name
Erica peltata

Description edit

It is an erect shrub which flowers in late summer (December to April).[citation needed] The numerous flowers are small (2 mm long) and reddish-pink, with a cup-shaped corolla.[citation needed]

Distribution edit

This species occurs on the south-facing hills and lower mountains slopes from Riviersonderend in the west, around Swellendam, Heidelberg and Riversdale, to George and Humansdorp in the east.[1][2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.
  2. ^ E.G.H. Oliver (1987). Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). VII. The placing of the genus Philippia into synonymy under Erica; the southern African species, South African Journal of Botany, Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 455-458, ISSN 0254-6299, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31379-5.