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Erica coccinea

Erica coccinea
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  • Erica cerinthoides
  • Erica cerinthoides bright colouring
  • Erica cerinthoides leaf margin hairs
  • Erica cerinthoides leaves
  • Erica cerinthoides orange-red flowers
  • Erica cerinthoides shapely tubes
  • Erica cerinthoides, a hairy story
  • Erica cerinthoides, the rooihaartjie
  • Erica coccinea
  • Erica coccinea
  • Erica coriifolia
  • Erica cruenta
  • Erica cubica var. cubica
  • Erica cubica var. cubica flowers
  • Erica curviflora
  • Erica curviflora var. curviflora flowering yellow
  • Erica curviflora var. curviflora leaves

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Erica coccinea resembles E. plukenetii in having far exserted, usually pendulous stamens. Both species have several flower colours, some that are similar. A distinguishing characteristic is the large bracts at the back of the flower of E. coccinea that spread over the sepals. In the photo the corolla, the sepals and the bracts form three yellow layers of different length on the flower tube. In E. plukenetii the bracts are small, insignificant and further back on the stalk, the peduncle.

E. coccinea leaves are also tufted and shorter as can be seen here, while longer, whorled leaves look feathery on E. plukenetii stems (Baker and Oliver, 1967).

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Ivan Latti
 
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