Erica peltata

Erica peltata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Erica
Species:	E. peltata
Binomial name
	Erica peltata; Andrews

Erica peltata (the ker-ker heath or raasheath) is a species of Erica heath endemic to the fynbos region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Description

It is an erect shrub which flowers in late summer (December to April).^{[citation needed]} The numerous flowers are small (2 mm long) and reddish-pink, with a cup-shaped corolla.^{[citation needed]}

Distribution

This species occurs on the south-facing hills and lower mountains slopes from Riviersonderend in the west, around Swellendam, Heidelberg and Riversdale, to George and Humansdorp in the east.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.
^ E.G.H. Oliver (1987). Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). VII. The placing of the genus Philippia into synonymy under Erica; the southern African species, South African Journal of Botany, Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 455-458, ISSN 0254-6299, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31379-5.

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[1] "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org.

[2] E.G.H. Oliver (1987). Studies in the Ericoideae (Ericaceae). VII. The placing of the genus Philippia into synonymy under Erica; the southern African species, South African Journal of Botany, Volume 53, Issue 6, Pages 455-458, ISSN 0254-6299, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31379-5.

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