Erica coarctata is a small shrub from the South African Cape Peninsula, with tiny, needle-like leaves in whorls of three and profuse urn-shaped, pink-purple flowers.
Photos of Caterpillar Heath (Erica coarctata)
Common names and botanical synonyms
Botanical classification
| Rank | Name |
|---|---|
| kingdom | Plantae |
| division | Tracheophyta |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Ericales |
| family | Ericaceae |
| genus | Erica |
| species | Erica coarctata |
