Erica rhopalantha, browntip heath at Varksnoet

Erica rhopalantha, commonly browntip heath, has dark tips both on the corolla-coloured, angled out sepals, the widest flower parts, and on the narrowing, angled in corolla tips that are double the calyx length.

Many-flowered, often in threes, the flowers measure only 3 mm to 4 mm in length, their pedicels from 2 mm to 4 mm.

The species forms part of the Lamprotis section of the Erica genus, the flowers of which are characterised by prominent, coloured calyces. The corolla tips of the Lamprotis ericas often spread when young but soon turn brown and become constricted.

The anthers and styles of E. rhopalantha flowers are included in the corollas (Marais, (Ed.), 2017; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; Baker and Oliver, 1967; iNaturalist).