Common name
Portuguese: Queiró
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2163)
Order: Ericales (56)
Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Daboecia (1)
Epithet: cantabrica (Hudson) Koch. (1)
Synonym: Andromeda daboecia L.
cantabrica => from Cantabria, province in north-western Spain
daboecia => reference to Ireland, after St. Dabeoc, 5th or 6th century British monk who founded a monastery in Ireland
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet, pink