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Erica urna-viridis

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Species of flowering plant

Erica urna-viridis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Erica
Species: E. urna-viridis
Binomial name
Erica urna-viridis
Salisb.

Erica urna-viridis, the sticky heath or bottle-green heath, is a species of Erica that was naturally restricted to the city of Cape Town, South Africa, in particular the Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos of Table Mountain.

It bears sticky green flowers - the origin of its common names - and grows to a height of about 1 meter.

References

  1. "Erica urna-viridis". PlantZAfrica. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
Taxon identifiers
Erica urna-viridis
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