Flower close-up; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 768 Date of entry: 05.04.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Spanish heath
Portuguese: Chamiça, Urze-vermelha
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Ericales (37)
Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Erica (8)
Epithet: australis L. (3)
australis => southern, of the southern hemisphere
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: violet
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