Erica erigena, R. Ross

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 8

15. E. erigena R. Ross , Watsonia 7:164 (1969)

( E. mediterranea auct., non L., E. hibernica (Hooker & Arnott) Syme , non Utinet).

Like 14 but an erect shrub 60-120(-200) cm; young twigs distinctly puberulent, and with the ridges decurrent from the leaf-bases rapidly becoming narrower and less prominent when traced downwards; leaves obtuse to subacute, with apparent margin entire and with true margins not quite contiguous, leaving a wider white line beneath; racemes often grouped into a panicle; anthers usually only partly exserted. 2« = 24. Damp places. • Iberian peninsula and S. W. France; W. Ireland. Ga Hb Hs Lu.