Erica pectinifolia flowers

The flowers of Erica pectinifolia grow drooping or spreading in groups of four, about stalkless. The bracteoles are lance-shaped with velvety surfaces and bristle fringes. The clawed to stalked sepals are also lance-shaped, velvety and fringed with bristles.

The flowers are tubular, bulging a little in the middle nearer the tip than the base and constricted at the throat. The corolla is hairy, longer-haired in its upper part, the hairs hooked. The short corolla lobes are blunt-tipped and slightly spreading. Corolla colour is white or pink and fading to dull pink. The corolla tube is from 14 mm to 18 mm long.

The eight anthers are included at the bulge in the corolla tube. The top-shaped ovary is hairy and its style exserted, ending in a small, pinhead stigma.

Flowering occurs from before midautumn through winter and spring to all year round (Manning and Helme, 2024; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; Baker and Oliver, 1967; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).