Erica ferrea
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| Iron Heath | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Erica |
| Species: | E. ferrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Erica ferrea P.J.Bergius, (1767) | |
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Erica ferrea, the iron heath, is a plant belonging to the genus Erica and forming part of the fynbos.[1] The species is endemic to the Western Cape. Parts of the plant's habitat have been lost, between Muizenberg, Table View, Kraaifontein and Eerste River, from 2 415 km² to 916 km². It still occurs from Yzerfontein to Malmesbury and the Cape Flats.[2]