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  2. ›Vascular Plants
  3. ›flowering plants
  4. ›Dicots
  5. ›Heathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies
  6. ›heath family
  7. ›typical heathers, azaleas, and allies
  8. ›Ericeae
  9. ›Erica
  10. ›Evanthe
Hairytube Heath
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Hairytube Heath

Erica brachialis

Erica brachialis, the hairy-tube heath, is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and forming part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs on the Cape Peninsula and also from Rooiels to Hangklip. There are currently only 1 200 plants in six subpopulations. The plant's habitat is threatened by coastal development, veld fires and invasive plants.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 584704.