Erica equisetifoliaSalisb.

WFO wfo-0000671962 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tim Kirsten
fig. a Tim Kirsten, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-06 / obs. 181801282
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 181181177
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by James Deacon
fig. c James Deacon, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 179923171
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174149224
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 172996992
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 126318185
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 126314943
Erica equisetifolia, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 126305145

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Erica equisetifolia is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Erica equisetifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Cape Provinces CPP AFRICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Blaeria campanulata Benth.
  • Blaeria dumosa J.C.Wendl.
  • Blaeria dumosa var. breviflora N.E.Br.
  • Blaeria dumosa var. dumosa
  • Blaeria equisetifolia (Salisb.) G.Don
  • Blaeria flava Bolus
  • Blaeria oppositifolia L.Guthrie
  • Blaeria purpurea L.f.
  • Erica parvula Guthrie & Bolus

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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