Ericaceae
Water heath
Erica afra
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (3)
- Afrikaans
- Waterheide, Waterboomheide
- Arabic
- خلنج جنوب أفريقي
- English
- Water heath
Synonyms
- Ceramia auricularis G.Don
- Ceramia urceolaris D.Don
- Erica caffra L.
- Erica lamellaris Salisb.
- Erica pentaphylla L.
- Erica urceolaris P.J.Bergius
- Ericoides afra Kuntze
- Ericoides caffrum (L.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew massyn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Erica
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- Cross-leaved heathErica tetralixEricaceae
- Bell heatherErica cinereaEricaceae
- Winter heathErica carneaEricaceae
- Green heatherErica scopariaEricaceae
- Cornish heathErica vagansEricaceae
- Dorset heathErica ciliarisEricaceae
- Spanish heathErica lusitanicaEricaceae
- Erica multifloraEricaceae
- Erica australisEricaceae
- Erica terminalisEricaceae
- Erica umbellataEricaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.