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Heaths
Erica
Erica is a genus of roughly 857 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names heath and heather are shared by some closely related genera of similar appearance. The genus Calluna was formerly included in Erica – it differs in having even smaller scale-leaves (less than 2–3 mm long), and the flower corolla consisting of separate petals. Erica is sometimes referred to as "winter (or spring) heather" to distinguish it from Calluna "summer...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Heaths
sectionErica
Rib Heaths
sectionPleurocallis
Handsome Heaths
sectionEvanthe
Hanging Heaths
sectionGigandra
Shiny Heaths
sectionLamprotis
Summit Heaths
sectionOrophanes
Shaggy Heaths
sectionDasyanthes
Teenage Heaths
sectionEphebus
Fourpart Heaths
sectionQuadripartita
Ball Heaths
sectionPachysa
House Heaths
sectionGeissostegia
Column Heaths
sectionHermes
Tribud Heaths
sectionTrigemma
Shield Heaths
sectionArsace
Fourmale Heaths
sectionBlaeria
Lime Heaths
sectionGypsocallis
Oneseed Heaths
sectionUniovulata
Pyre Heaths
sectionPyronium
Sister Heaths
sectionCallista
Star Heaths
sectionEuryloma
Mini Heaths
sectionVentiflora
Minibell Heaths
sectionPolycodon
Blackmen Heaths
sectionMelastemon
Staff Heaths
sectionBactridium
Cloak Heaths
sectionGamochlamys
Skewsepal Heaths
sectionPhilippia
Open Heaths
sectionEurystoma
Gooseberry Heaths
sectionEurystegia
Pitcher Heaths
sectionCeramia
Woolball Heaths
sectionEriodesmia
Urn Heaths
sectionCeramus
Greenbell Heaths
sectionChlorocodon
Sheath Heaths
sectionElytrostegia
Clusterball Heaths
sectionPseuderemia
Divided Heaths
sectionDidymanthera
Raspberry Heaths
sectionAmphodea
Bundleball Heaths
sectionPolydesmia
Twig Heaths
sectionLeptodendron
Ringpetal Heaths
sectionAdelopetalum
Sepal Heaths
sectionApoecus
Frill Heaths
sectionOxyloma
Flatseed Heaths
sectionPlatyspora
Triplet Heaths
sectionDesmia
Cuprim Heaths
sectionCyatholoma
Clammy Heaths
sectionMyra
Colourball Heaths
sectionChromostegia
Darley Dale Heath
hybridErica × darleyensis
Funnel Heaths
sectionChona
Erica massonii × retorta
hybridErica massonii × retorta
Erica ceraria × fastigiata
hybridErica ceraria × fastigiata
Erica fastigiata × macowanii
hybridErica fastigiata × macowanii
Erica gysbertii × massonii
hybridErica gysbertii × massonii
Drunk Heath
hybridErica × vinacea
Erica × watsonii
hybridErica × watsonii
Erica × veitchii
hybridErica × veitchii
Erica × stuartii
hybridErica × stuartii
Erica haematocodon × tenuis
hybridErica haematocodon × tenuis
Erica multumbellifera × salteri
hybridErica multumbellifera × salteri
Erica hirtiflora × mauritanica
hybridErica hirtiflora × mauritanica
Erica × flavisepala
hybridErica × flavisepala
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 2 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.29
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.392
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.367
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.691
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.636
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.343
Poliphilo's Strife of Love in a Dream
Francesco Colonna · 1499 · p.303
The Dream of Poliphilus
[Colonna, Francesco] · 1561 · p.297
Obeliscus Pamphilius
Athanasius Kircher · 1650 · p.611
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.50
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 8 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.42
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.277
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Erica in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55776.