Flowers; Braga, Portugal; 7/2008 © Jörn Germer
Twig with flowers; Braga, Portugal; 7/2008 © Jörn Germer
Twig; Braga, Portugal; 7/2008 © Jörn Germer
Twig; Ponte de Lima, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; 4/2009 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Braga, Portugal; 7/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 871 Date of entry: 10.07.2008 Last update: 14.05.2020
German: Geschirmte Heide
Portuguese: Queiró
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Ericales (39)
Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)
Genus: Erica (8)
Epithet: umbellata L. (3)
umbellata => having the inflorescence in umbels or umbrella form
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: violet
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