Flowers; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer
Bark; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Ilha de São Miguel, Açores, Portugal; 4/2007 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 806 Date of entry: 10.05.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Tree Heath
German: Baumheide
Portuguese: Urze, Vassoura
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Ericales (37)
Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Erica (8)
Epithet: scoparia (1)
Subspecies: azorica (Hochst.) D. A. Webb.
azorica => from the Azores
scoparia => brush- or broom-like
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: brown, red
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