Erica tetralix

cross-leaved species

EricaceaeErica

Cross-leaved heath is a species of flowering plant in the heath or Ericaceae family native to western Europe, from southern Portugal to central Norway.

It is a perennial subshrub with small pink bell-shaped drooping flowers borne in compact clusters at the ends of its shoots, and leaves in whorls of four (hence the name). The flowers appear in summer and autumn.

Contributors

  • Philippe de Spoelberch