Botanical name
Erica eckloniiFamily
EricaceaeSynonym (old name)
Sympieza ecklonianaStatus
Endangered
Description
Erect shrublet up to 75cm. Flowers are in terminal heads, small, tubular, white with exerted anthers; corolla two-lipped.
After: Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868), Danish pharmacist, botanist and plant collector and one of the early botanical explorers of the Cape.
Habitat
Cool, moist, south facing coastal slopes
Flower Date
August