Erica cruenta Aiton is a plant in the Ericaceae family, order Ericales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Erica cruenta Aiton

Erica cruenta Aiton

Erica cruenta Aiton is an erect 2–3 foot tall flowering bush native to Cape Province, South Africa, bearing blood-red flowers.

Family
Genus
Erica
Order
Ericales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Erica cruenta Aiton

Erica cruenta Aiton is a species in the Erica genus that is native to Cape Province, South Africa. This plant grows as an erect bush that reaches 2–3 feet in height, and it produces blood-red flowers.

Photo: (c) Carina Lochner, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carina Lochner · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Ericales Ericaceae Erica

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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