Calluna vulgaris, (L.) Hull

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

1. C. vulgaris (L.) Hull , Brit. FI. ed. 2, 1: 114 (1808).

Sub- glabrous to densely grey-pubescent. Stems 15—80(— 150) cm, erect, freely branched. Leaves 2-5-3-5 mm (including auricles), closely appressed, widely spaced on leading shoots but densely imbricate on lateral, non-flowering branches, oblong-lanceolate, concave on adaxial, keeled on abaxial surface, amplexicaul, with proximally directed auricles. Flowers shortly pedicellate, in narrow racemes which are sometimes grouped into panicles; bracteoles usually 6-8, crowded together beneath the flower, the upper 4 simulating sepals. Sepals 3-4 mm, oblong, pinkish-lilac; corolla lobed nearly to the base, its lobes like the sepals but smaller; anthers included. 2« =16. Moors, heaths, open woods, sand-dunes, etc., often dominant over large areas; calcifuge. M ost o f Europe, but rare in much o f the Mediterranean region and in the south-east. All except Al Bl?Co Cr G r Rs (K) Sa Sb Si.