Erica nevillei Noordhoek Peak - May 2003

Erica nevillei Noordhoek Peak - May 2003

Observation - Erica nevillei Noordhoek Peak - May 2003 - Southern Africa. Description: One of our favourite Ericas growing alongside the track to the Peak . Erica nevillei L.Bolus Firs

One of our favourite Ericas growing alongside the track to the Peak
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Erica nevillei L.Bolus
First published in Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 172 (1924)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Cape Prov. (Cape Peninsula)
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https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329183-1
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Identified in the field guide ERICAS of the Cape Peninsula 12 (2000)
Redlist Link: http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1820-609
Assessed RARE (2007)
Peninsula endemic
Flowering:Dec - Mar
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CASABIO: One odd/incorrect entry https://casabio.org/taxa/erica-nevillei
Know Your Botanist- see Long etymology:
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PZA: https://pza.sanbi.org/erica-nevillei
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JSTOR compilation: Collection Date 1922/02/19
Locality: At west end of Noord Hoek Mountain
Notes: Abundant on the highest point. Branches mostly decument, scarcely rising 10 inches, corolla viscid, bright red.
https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.nbg0199330-0
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Look-up: STRELITZIA 29 (2012) page 502
https://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/strelitzia-29-2012.pdf