Flowers; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer
Leaf insertion; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Braga, Portugal; 10/2011 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1837 Date of entry: 16.10.2011 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Common Heather
German: Besenheide
Portuguese: Torga-ordinária
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
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet, pink
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