Erica regerminansL.

WFO wfo-0000673091 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Erica regerminans, photographed by jillblignaut
fig. a jillblignaut, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2012-12-29 / obs. 15728782
Erica regerminans, photographed by jillblignaut
fig. b jillblignaut, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15718680
Erica regerminans, photographed by Michael D. Pirie
fig. c Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 29309478
Erica regerminans, photographed by Di Turner
fig. d Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15848749
Erica regerminans, photographed by Di Turner
fig. e Di Turner, CC0 1.0 / obs. 15643608
Erica regerminans, photographed by Brian du Preez
fig. f Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15688207
Erica regerminans, photographed by Nicola van Berkel
fig. g Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 21719426
Erica regerminans, photographed by jillblignaut
fig. h jillblignaut, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15877148

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Erica regerminans is native: Cape Provinces Cape Provinces
Native distribution of Erica regerminans, 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 17 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.

  • Erica ellipticiflora Dulfer
  • Erica juncea Bartl.
  • Erica leucantha G.Don
  • Erica lichtensteinii Klotzsch
  • Erica multumbellifera Benth.
  • Erica pelviformis Salisb.
  • Erica persoluta Curtis
  • Erica pulvinata var. montana Guthrie & Bolus
  • Erica racemifera Andrews
  • Erica regerminans Andrews
  • Erica rosea Licht. ex Klotzsch
  • Erica smithiana hort.Lodd. ex G.Sinclair
  • Erica smithiana G.Lodd.
  • Erica uncifolia Salisb.
  • Erica virescens Thunb.
  • Ericoides regerminans (L.) Kuntze
  • Ericoides virescens (Thunb.) Kuntze

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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