Erica tumida - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Sylvetta The papery bark was much

The papery bark was much used by native Americans to make canoes and roofing for their wigwams

and quite stiff

and greenish white corolla Spring

10 mm long

Erica tumida - Indigenous South African Heath Shrub - 10 seeds Sylvetta The papery bark was muchErica the heaths or heathers, is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names "heath" and "heather" are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. Most of the species are small shrubs from 0. 2 1. 5 m high, though some are taller. All are evergreen, with minute needle like leaves 215 mm long. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes in terminal umbels or spikes, and