Erica lusitanica Rud.

English: Portuguese Heath, Spanish Heath

German: Portugiesische Heide

Portuguese: Urze-branca, Urze-de-Portugal

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Ericaceae (28)(family description)

          Genus: Erica (9)

            Epithet: lusitanica Rud. (4)

lusitanica => from Portugal

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

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