Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 220

Click thumbnail for larger image

-COMMON_NAMES-Honeywort-flowered Heath,
Heath, Heather
-GENUS-Erica
-SPECIES-Erica cerinthoides
-CLASS-Octandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Erica
-MODERN_SPECIES-Erica cerinthoides
-MODERN_FAMILY- Ericaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- evergreen
-COLOR- bright red, occasionally pale pink or white
-SEASON- throughout the year
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa, Swaziland
-ZONE- 10

-SOURCE-  The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-  7
-PUB_DATE-  1793
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-Sansum
-NALPCD-  Disc 0645 IMG0087.PCD