Botanical name

Erica villosa

Family

Ericaceae

Common Name

Kapokkie, Kapkokkie
Erica villosa
Erica villosa
Erica villosa
Erica villosa
Erica villosa
Erica villosa

Description

Rounded straggling shrublet up to 40cm. Needle-like leaves with rolled under margins; flowers borne in loose umbels of three or more small urn-shaped, white shaggy-haired flowers with exserted anthers.

Latin: villosus = shaggy: referring to the hairiness of the flowers.

Habitat

Flats and lower slopes only in the Kleirivier Mountains

Flower Date

September to November