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Erica australis - Flower close-up - Click to enlarge!

Flower close-up; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erica australis - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erica australis - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Erica australis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Mesão Frio, Douro, Portugal; 3/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 768
Date of entry: 05.04.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Spanish heath

Portuguese: Chamiça, Urze-vermelha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Ericales (56)

        Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Erica (8)

            Epithet: australis L. (3)

australis => southern, of the southern hemisphere

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: violet

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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