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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. ›Ephebus
Flatleaf Heath
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Flatleaf Heath

Erica marifolia

Erica marifolia is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and the Cape Peninsula, the eastern slopes of Table Mountain and Disa Gorge, at Constantiaberg and the cliffs above Kalk Bay and St. James. Some subpopulations have been disturbed by plantations and are currently threatened by erosion following the occurrence of fires.

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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 585002.