Common name:
Bell heather
Family:
Scientific name:
Erica cinerea
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; least common in central and east England
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Moors and heaths; generally dry locations, with acidic soils
Flowers:
In racemes at the top of the stem branches; flowers have a purple-pink, bell-shaped corolla (up to 6 mm long) that is narrowest just below the five small lobes at the top, and a much shorter, hairless, five-lobed, green or reddish calyx. The stamens are not exserted
Leaves:
Hairless, linear, dark green, up to 6 mm long, in closely-spaced whorls of three
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
