Erica terminalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Erica |
Species: | E. terminalis
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Binomial name | |
Erica terminalis |
Erica terminalis, the Corsican heath or upright heath, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
It is a bushy evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica). It grows to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall and wide, with mid-green leaves and rose-pink flowers in summer and autumn, which often persist on the plant well into winter. [2] [3]
It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, and naturalised elsewhere. [4]
Erica terminalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Erica |
Species: | E. terminalis
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Binomial name | |
Erica terminalis |
Erica terminalis, the Corsican heath or upright heath, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
It is a bushy evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica). It grows to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall and wide, with mid-green leaves and rose-pink flowers in summer and autumn, which often persist on the plant well into winter. [2] [3]
It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, and naturalised elsewhere. [4]