Botanical name

Erica fascicularis var. fascicularis

Family

Ericaceae
Erica fascicularis var. fascicularis
Erica fascicularis var. fascicularis
Erica fascicularis var. fascicularis

Description

Erect sparsely-branched shrub with a long slender stem up to 1.8m. Leaves are non-hairy, shimmering; whorls of large, tubular, sticky, pink flowers with pale green lobes.

Latin: fasciculatus = in clusters or bundles; referring to the arrangement of the flowers.

Habitat

Sandy, rocky slopes

Flower Date

June to September