Erica patersonii flowers

The solitary flowers of Erica patersonii grow from about stalkless to 1 mm stalked at the tips of small side-shoots. They form dense, spike-like inflorescences along the erect upper stems. In picture discoloured old flowers are present below the new flowering. Bloomtime is from before midautumn to spring.

Leaf-like bracteoles are present behind each calyx. The sepals are lance-shaped ending in needle-tips. The yellow, hairless corollas are tubular, very slightly down-curved to about straight, about 1,6 cm long. A corolla ends in four round-tipped lobes, slightly out-curved in older flowers.

The eight dark anthers are included in the corolla tubes, their filaments kinked below the anthers that are 1 mm to 1,5 mm long. Each anther has a horn-like appendage at its base. The style is also included in the corolla, tipped with a minute, head-like stigma (Manning and Helme, 2024; Baker and Oliver, 1967; iNaturalist).