Erica

Also known as heather

genus of plants

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Species

Genus

PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae

Native toAlbania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Is.

Erica is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie springspinnen (Salticidae).

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Wikidata facts

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Commons category: Erica (plant)
taxon name: Erica
Commons gallery: Erica
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=4377
taxon common name: vřesovec

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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 millimetres 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 (or autumn) heather".

European species