Erica lusitanica Rud.

English: Portuguese Heath, Spanish Heath

German: Portugiesische Heide

Portuguese: Urze-branca, Urze-de-Portugal

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Ericales (56)

        Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Erica (8)

            Epithet: lusitanica Rud. (4)

lusitanica => from Portugal

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

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