Erica inaequalis leaves and flowers

The needle-like to oblong leaves of Erica inaequalis grow in whorls of three. They are about as long as the internodes separating the whorls, around 3 mm. The leaves are sometimes hairy.

The flowers grow on indistinctly short pedicels, only up to 0,2 mm long. The needle-like bracteoles behind each flower are sometimes hairy. The four pink or red sepal lobes, the tips of the calyx are sometimes minutely hairy, becoming succulent during fruiting.

Each pink, tubular, hairless corolla tapers at the base, its lobes rounded and erect, the tube not always straight. Corolla length is up to 4 mm. The four dark brown anthers protrude completely above the corolla lobes.

The anthers have rounded bases and a minute tooth on each side. The ovary has two chambers. The style is exserted, its stigma very small (Manning and Helme, 2024; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; https://www.worldfloraonline.org).