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Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 3 m in height \u2014in the Canary Islands some specimens reach up to 20 m\u2014, upright and very ramose. Stem and main branches somewhat tortuous, with blackish-brown bark. Branchelts greyish or whitish, glabrous or glabrescent. Leaves (3.5-10 \u00d7 0.6-1.1 mm) in whorls of 3-4, linear, shortly petiolated, rigid, ending in an obtuse tip, glabrous, with very revolute margin hiding the underside. Inflorescences in terminal racemes of up to several tens of flowers, in groups of 1-3. Flowers with involucre of basal bracteoles. Pedicel of the same length as the flowers or slightly longer, \u00b1 glabrous. Sepals ovate (1-1.3 mm), fused together, green and \u00b1 glabrous. Corolla from greenish to yellowish (2-2.5 mm), bell-shaped, with very pronounced, acute and not recurved lobes. Anthers \u00b1 included, without appendages. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, 1.3-1.8 mm, glabrous, dehiscing in 4 valves. Seeds very small (0.4-0.6 mm), \u00b1 ellipsoid, with reticulate-alveolate surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-13212","species","type-species","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nErica scoparia L. - North Africa Trees<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erica scoparia L. - North Africa Trees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Evergreen shrub, hermaphrodite, up to 3 m in height \u2014in the Canary Islands some specimens reach up to 20 m\u2014, upright and very ramose. Stem and main branches somewhat tortuous, with blackish-brown bark. Branchelts greyish or whitish, glabrous or glabrescent. 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