Erica afrorum var. afrorum flowering

This white flowering Erica afrorum var. afrorum plant was photographed in January near Qacha’s Nek, on the South African side of the Lesotho border. The calyces are creamy, near white, their lobes acutely pointed and clasping about the lower halves of the white corollas. The flowers that appear young here nod curiously more than old ones already turning brown.

The slight tapering of the leaves at their tips is notable, as are the pale leaf midribs matching the light coloured upper branches, here well hidden (Trauseld, 1969; iNaturalist; JSTOR).