Species list

199 species found
Scientific name Common name Features Vegetation type(s)
Erica abelii Will attract sunbirds
Erica abietina Red Heath Attracts butterflies
Easy to grow
Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Will attract sunbirds
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Erica abietina subsp. atrorosea Will attract sunbirds
Erica abietina subsp. perfoliosa Suitable for clay soil
Will attract sunbirds
Erica alfredii Will attract sunbirds
Erica ampullacea Will attract sunbirds
Erica annectens Will attract sunbirds
Erica aristata Will attract sunbirds
Erica armata Will attract sunbirds
Erica astroites Will attract sunbirds
Erica atrovinosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica axilliflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica banksia Will attract sunbirds
Erica barrydalensis Will attract sunbirds
Erica bauera This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica beatricis Will attract sunbirds
Erica berzelioides Will attract sunbirds
Erica bibax Will attract sunbirds
Erica blenna Will attract sunbirds
Erica bodkinii Will attract sunbirds
Erica borboniifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica brachialis Will attract sunbirds
Erica breviflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica caffra Suitable for wet sites
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica calcareophila Will attract sunbirds
Erica caledonica Will attract sunbirds
Erica cameronii Will attract sunbirds
Erica casta Will attract sunbirds
Erica cerinthoides Fire Heath Easy to grow
Good potplant
Suitable for clay soil
This is a bird-friendly species
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica chloroloma Will attract sunbirds
Erica chlorosepala Will attract sunbirds
Erica chrysocodon Will attract sunbirds
Erica coccinea Tassel Heath Easy to grow
Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Suitable for clay soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica colorans Will attract sunbirds
Erica conica Will attract sunbirds
Erica conspicua Will attract sunbirds
Erica corifolia Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica cremea Will attract sunbirds
Erica curviflora Water Heath Easy to grow
Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Suitable for wet sites
Will attract sunbirds
Erica cygnea Will attract sunbirds
Erica cylindrica Will attract sunbirds
Erica daphniflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica densifolia This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica dianthifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica diaphana Will attract sunbirds
Erica dichrus Will attract sunbirds
Erica discolor This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica doliiformis Will attract sunbirds
Erica embothriifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica etheliae Will attract sunbirds
Erica eugenea Will attract sunbirds
Erica excavata Will attract sunbirds
Erica fairii Will attract sunbirds
Erica fascicularis Will attract sunbirds
Erica fastigiata Will attract sunbirds
Erica fervida Will attract sunbirds
Erica filamentosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica filipendula Will attract sunbirds
Erica foliacea Will attract sunbirds
Erica fontana Will attract sunbirds
Erica galgebergensis Will attract sunbirds
Erica gallorum Will attract sunbirds
Erica galpinii Will attract sunbirds
Erica gilva Will attract sunbirds
Erica glandulosa This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica glauca Will attract sunbirds
Erica glutinosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica goatcheriana Will attract sunbirds
Erica gossypioides Will attract sunbirds
Erica grandiflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica grisbrookii Will attract sunbirds
Erica gysbertii Will attract sunbirds
Erica halicacaba Will attract sunbirds
Erica hameriana Will attract sunbirds
Erica hanekomii Will attract sunbirds
Erica hebecalyx Will attract sunbirds
Erica heleogena Will attract sunbirds
Erica heleophila Will attract sunbirds
Erica hendricksii Will attract sunbirds
Erica hibbertia Will attract sunbirds
Erica hispidula Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica holosericea Will attract sunbirds
Erica imbricata Good potplant
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica incarnata Will attract sunbirds
Erica inclusa Will attract sunbirds
Erica inflata Will attract sunbirds
Erica infundibuliformis Will attract sunbirds
Erica inordinata Will attract sunbirds
Erica insignis Will attract sunbirds
Erica insolitanthera Will attract sunbirds
Erica intonsa Will attract sunbirds
Erica irbyana Will attract sunbirds
Erica ixanthera Will attract sunbirds
Erica jasminiflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica junonia Will attract sunbirds
Erica kirstenii Will attract sunbirds
Erica kogelbergenisis Will attract sunbirds
Erica lageniformis Will attract sunbirds
Erica lananthera Will attract sunbirds
Erica lanipes Will attract sunbirds
Erica lanuginosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica lasciva Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica latiflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica lawsonia Will attract sunbirds
Erica leucosiphon Will attract sunbirds
Erica leucotrachela Will attract sunbirds
Erica lineata Will attract sunbirds
Erica longifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica macilenta Will attract sunbirds
Erica macowanii Will attract sunbirds
Erica macroloma Will attract sunbirds
Erica mammosa Nine-pin Heath Sensitive roots
Suitable for sandy soil
Suitable for wet sites
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica margaritaceae Easy to grow
Fragrant
Suitable for sandy soil
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica mariae Will attract sunbirds
Erica massonii Will attract sunbirds
Erica mauritanica Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica maximiliani Will attract sunbirds
Erica mitchellensis Will attract sunbirds
Erica monadelphia Will attract sunbirds
Erica monsoniana Will attract sunbirds
Erica mucronata Will attract sunbirds
Erica multumbellifera Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica muscosa Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica nabea Will attract sunbirds
Erica nana Will attract sunbirds
Erica nematophylla Will attract sunbirds
Erica nevillei Will attract sunbirds
Erica oblongiflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica odorata Will attract sunbirds
Erica omninoglabra Will attract sunbirds
Erica pageana Will attract sunbirds
Erica paludicola Will attract sunbirds
Erica papyracea Will attract sunbirds
Erica patersonia Will attract sunbirds
Erica patersonii Will attract sunbirds
Erica pectinifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica perspicua This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica phillipsii Will attract sunbirds
Erica physodes Will attract sunbirds
Erica pinea Will attract sunbirds
Erica plena Will attract sunbirds
Erica plukenetii Easy to grow
Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Will attract sunbirds
Erica porteri Will attract sunbirds
Erica praenitens Will attract sunbirds
Erica primulina Will attract sunbirds
Erica propendens Will attract sunbirds
Erica pudens Will attract sunbirds
Erica pulchella Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica pyramidalis Will attract sunbirds
Erica quadrisulcata Will attract sunbirds
Erica recta Will attract sunbirds
Erica regia Will attract sunbirds
Erica retorta Will attract sunbirds
Erica rufescens Will attract sunbirds
Erica sacciflora Will attract sunbirds
Erica sagittata Will attract sunbirds
Erica savilea Will attract sunbirds
Erica saxigena Will attract sunbirds
Erica schumannii Will attract sunbirds
Erica sessiliflora Green Heath Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Suitable for wet sites
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica shannonea Will attract sunbirds
Erica similis Will attract sunbirds
Erica simils Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica sociorum Will attract sunbirds
Erica sparrmannii Will attract sunbirds
Erica speciosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica squarrosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica steinbergiana Will attract sunbirds
Erica strigilifolia Will attract sunbirds
Erica subdivaricata Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica taxifolia This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica tenax Will attract sunbirds
Erica thomae Will attract sunbirds
Erica toringbergensis Will attract sunbirds
Erica trachysantha Will attract sunbirds
Erica trichophora Will attract sunbirds
Erica trichroma Will attract sunbirds
Erica tristis Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica tubercularis Will attract sunbirds
Erica tumida Will attract sunbirds
Erica turgida Easy to grow
Good potplant
This will attract honey bees
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica turrisbabylonica Will attract sunbirds
Erica urna-viridis Will attract sunbirds
Erica ustulescens Will attract sunbirds
Erica vallisaranearum Will attract sunbirds
Erica vallisgratiae Will attract sunbirds
Erica velitaris Will attract sunbirds
Erica ventricosa Will attract sunbirds
Erica versicolor This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica verticillata Attracts butterflies
Easy to grow
Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
Suitable for wet sites
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Will attract sunbirds
Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica vestita This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Erica viridescens Will attract sunbirds
Erica viscaria Will attract sunbirds
Erica walkeria Will attract sunbirds
Erica wendlandiana Will attract sunbirds
Erica winteri Will attract sunbirds
Erica xanthina Will attract sunbirds
Erica xerophila Will attract sunbirds
Erica zitzikammensis Will attract sunbirds

Erica abelii

Red Heath

Erica abietina

Erica abietina subsp. atrorosea

Erica abietina subsp. perfoliosa

Erica alfredii

Erica ampullacea

Erica annectens

Erica aristata

Erica armata

Erica astroites

Erica atrovinosa

Erica axilliflora

Erica banksia

Erica barrydalensis

Erica bauera

Erica beatricis

Erica berzelioides

Erica bibax

Erica blenna

Erica bodkinii

Erica borboniifolia

Erica brachialis

Erica breviflora

Erica caffra

Erica calcareophila

Erica caledonica

Erica cameronii

Erica casta

Fire Heath

Erica cerinthoides

Erica chloroloma

Erica chlorosepala

Erica chrysocodon

Tassel Heath

Erica coccinea

Erica colorans

Erica conica

Erica conspicua

Erica corifolia

Erica cremea

Water Heath

Erica curviflora

Erica cygnea

Erica cylindrica

Erica daphniflora

Erica densifolia

Erica dianthifolia

Erica diaphana

Erica dichrus

Erica discolor

Erica doliiformis

Erica embothriifolia

Erica etheliae

Erica eugenea

Erica excavata

Erica fairii

Erica fascicularis

Erica fastigiata

Erica fervida

Erica filamentosa

Erica filipendula

Erica foliacea

Erica fontana

Erica galgebergensis

Erica gallorum

Erica galpinii

Erica gilva

Erica glandulosa

Erica glauca

Erica glutinosa

Erica goatcheriana

Erica gossypioides

Erica grandiflora

Erica grisbrookii

Erica gysbertii

Erica halicacaba

Erica hameriana

Erica hanekomii

Erica hebecalyx

Erica heleogena

Erica heleophila

Erica hendricksii

Erica hibbertia

Erica hispidula

Erica holosericea

Erica imbricata

Erica incarnata

Erica inclusa

Erica inflata

Erica infundibuliformis

Erica inordinata

Erica insignis

Erica insolitanthera

Erica intonsa

Erica irbyana

Erica ixanthera

Erica jasminiflora

Erica junonia

Erica kirstenii

Erica kogelbergenisis

Erica lageniformis

Erica lananthera

Erica lanipes

Erica lanuginosa

Erica lasciva

Erica latiflora

Erica lawsonia

Erica leucosiphon

Erica leucotrachela

Erica lineata

Erica longifolia

Erica macilenta

Erica macowanii

Erica macroloma

Nine-pin Heath

Erica mammosa

Erica margaritaceae

Erica mariae

Erica massonii

Erica mauritanica

Erica maximiliani

Erica mitchellensis

Erica monadelphia

Erica monsoniana

Erica mucronata

Erica multumbellifera

Erica muscosa

Erica nabea

Erica nana

Erica nematophylla

Erica nevillei

Erica oblongiflora

Erica odorata

Erica omninoglabra

Erica pageana

Erica paludicola

Erica papyracea

Erica patersonia

Erica patersonii

Erica pectinifolia

Erica perspicua

Erica phillipsii

Erica physodes

Erica pinea

Erica plena

Erica plukenetii

Erica porteri

Erica praenitens

Erica primulina

Erica propendens

Erica pudens

Erica pulchella

Erica pyramidalis

Erica quadrisulcata

Erica recta

Erica regia

Erica retorta

Erica rufescens

Erica sacciflora

Erica sagittata

Erica savilea

Erica saxigena

Erica schumannii

Green Heath

Erica sessiliflora

Erica shannonea

Erica similis

Erica simils

Erica sociorum

Erica sparrmannii

Erica speciosa

Erica squarrosa

Erica steinbergiana

Erica strigilifolia

Erica subdivaricata

Erica taxifolia

Erica tenax

Erica thomae

Erica toringbergensis

Erica trachysantha

Erica trichophora

Erica trichroma

Erica tristis

Erica tubercularis

Erica tumida

Erica turgida

Erica turrisbabylonica

Erica urna-viridis

Erica ustulescens

Erica vallisaranearum

Erica vallisgratiae

Erica velitaris

Erica ventricosa

Erica versicolor

Erica verticillata

Erica vestita

Erica viridescens

Erica viscaria

Erica walkeria

Erica wendlandiana

Erica winteri

Erica xanthina

Erica xerophila

Erica zitzikammensis