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Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, [1] is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae.It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 in) tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, [2] and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.
The English common names heath and heather are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. The genus Calluna was formerly included in Erica – it differs in having even smaller scale-leaves (less than 2–3 millimetres long), and the flower corolla consisting of separate petals.
The Ericaceae (/ ˌ ɛr ɪ ˈ k eɪ s i. aɪ,-iː /) are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread across 124 genera, [ 2 ] making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants ...
Erica (heaths or heathers) is a large genus of flowering trees, shrubs, and subshrubs most diverse in southern Africa but found throughout the continent and in Europe. They have been introduced to Australia and North America. Erica is the type genus of the heath family, Ericaceae.
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Erica arborea, the tree heath or tree heather, is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. [1]