Erica multiflora, L.

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 : 7

13. E. multiflora L. , Sp. Pl. 355 (1753) .

Stems up to 8O(-25O) cm, usually more or less erect and rigid. Leaves 6—11(—14) mm, in whorls of 4-5. Inflorescences up to 5 cm but often much shorter, terminal or intercalary. Sepals 1-5-2 mm; corolla (3-)4-5(-7) mm, pink, cylindrical to narrowly campanulate, with erect to patent lobes; anthers c. 1-5 mm, with contiguous, usually parallel lobes 3-5 times as long as wide. Rocky hillsides, dry woods and thickets; usually calcicole. Mediterranean region, eastwards to Jugoslavia.?A1 BI Co Ga Hs It Ju Sa Si.