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Erica sparsa

Mt View, Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/08/2012, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Stem and inflorescence, Mt View Road, Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 02/08/2012, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Self-established seedlings on clay bank, Mt View Rd, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 29/02/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

pink smoke, ker ker, ker-ker

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Lavender, Red/Pink

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Erica

Family

Ericaceae

Authority

Erica sparsa Lodd. var. sparsa

Synonyms

Erica floribunda

Endemic family

Ecology

Year naturalised

2012

Origin

South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

Life cycle and dispersal

Woody shrub. Seed is produced; seedlings found on clay bank close to flowering shrubs

Other information

Etymology

erica: From the Greek ereika ‘heath’ or ‘heather’

sparsa: From Latin meaning sparse, few

Referencing and citations

Attribution

Fact sheet prepared for NZPCN by Colin Ogle 6 March 2014.

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