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Erica bruniades with white hairs on unopened flowers

Erica bruniades with white hairs on unopened flowers
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  • Erica bauera, bridal heath
  • Erica blenna
  • Erica bolusiae
  • Erica brachialis
  • Erica brachialis corolla tubes
  • Erica brachialis leafy stem tips
  • Erica brachialis ovary bursting from the corolla
  • Erica bruniades
  • Erica bruniades with white hairs on unopened flowers
  • Erica bruniades, dark anthers and long style
  • Erica caffra
  • Erica caffrorum var. caffrorum
  • Erica caffrorum var. caffrorum
  • Erica caffrorum var. caffrorum
  • Erica cerinthoides
  • Erica cerinthoides bright colouring
  • Erica cerinthoides leaf margin hairs

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The small flowers of Erica bruniades grow in clusters of up to three on peduncles of up to 8 mm in length; the bracts remote from the calyx. The calyx is comprised of ovate sepals densely covered in white, pink, silvery or purple hairs. It covers most of the corolla, apart from the apical lobes.

The little hairy balls hiding the corollas resemble Brunia flowerheads and may have brought about the specific name of bruniades. The corolla is urn-shaped, dry and finely hairy as well, although not as much as the calyx. The broad, shallowly lobed corolla tips, white or rose in colour, may be observed protruding beyond the more woolly calyces in some of the flowers in picture. Dark anthers are exserted from the flower mouths, but not as far as the style.

Flowering happens from end winter to midsummer (Baker and Oliver, 1967; Manning, 2007).

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