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Calluna vulgaris - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer

Calluna vulgaris - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer

Calluna vulgaris - Leaf insertion - Click to enlarge!

Leaf insertion; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer

Calluna vulgaris - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1837
Date of entry: 16.10.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common Heather

German: Besenheide

Portuguese: Torga-ordinária

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2599)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2496)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2111)

      Order: Ericales (37)

        Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Calluna (1)

            Epithet: vulgaris (L.) Hull (14)

vulgaris => common, everyday

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

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