Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-		Plate No. 342

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-COMMON_NAMES-Blush-flowered Heath
-GENUS-Erica
-SPECIES-Erica persoluta
-CLASS-Octandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Erica 
-MODERN_SPECIES-Erica subdivaricate
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ericaceae
-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- bright purple flowers, bt also a variety with nearly white, tinged with 
        red: "blush coloured"
-SEASON- March, April and May
-NATIVE_REGION- Africa
-ZONE-10
-NON_PREF_TERM-SPECIES-Erica pelviformis alba
-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-10
-PUB_DATE-1796
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-S. Edwards
-NALPCD-Disc 0416 IMG0085.PCD