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Erica manipuliflora Salisb.

Frost-hardy erect to spreading heath with irregular racemes, to 10cm long, of cylindrical to bell-shaped, rose-pink flowers, 4mm long, in summer and autumn.  To 1m.  [RHSE, Hortus]. 

Horticultural & Botanical History

‘It is a most beautiful kind, flowering in the autumnal months, and continuing a long time: it was introduced about 1790.  We find it a very robust sort; it will grow five or six feet in height.’  [LBC no.145/1817].  Introduced to Britain in 1774.  [JD]. 

History at Camden Park

Listed only in the 1850 catalogue. See also Erica nudiflora L. and Erica bauera Andr. 

Notes

Erica verticillata Andr. (1794) = Erica mammosa L. which see.

Erica verticillata P.J.Bergius (1767) = Erica concinna Soland.

Published Jan 09, 2009 - 04:54 PM | Last updated Mar 30, 2010 - 04:58 PM

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The image shows a heath with almost terminal spikes of rosy-red flowers. Loddiges Botanical Cabinet no.145, 1817.

Erica manipuliflora Salisb. | LBC no.145/1817 as E. verticillata | RBGS

Family Ericaceae
Category
Region of origin

Eastern Mediterranean
Synonyms
  • Erica verticillata Forskk. 
Common Name

Whorled heath
Name in the Camden Park Record

Erica verticillata 
Confidence level high