Erica ciliaris
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| Erica ciliaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Erica |
| Species: | E. ciliaris |
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| Erica ciliaris L. |
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Erica ciliaris is a species of heather, known in the British Isles as Dorset heath.[1] It grows to 60 centimetres (24 in), and has leaves 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.16 in) long, with long, glandular hairs.[1] The flowers are 8–12 mm (0.31–0.47 in) long, bright pink, and arranged in long racemes.[1]
In the British Isles, it is only found natively in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, where it lives in bogs and wet heaths.[2] It has also been introduced to Hampshire and County Galway.[1] E. ciliaris was voted the county flower of Dorset in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Clive A. Stace (2010). "Erica L. – heaths". New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 528–530. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
- ^ a b "Dorset heath (Erica ciliaris)". County Flowers. Plantlife. http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/plant_species/dorset_heath/. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
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