Erica terminalis

Erica terminalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Erica
Species:	E. terminalis
Binomial name
Erica terminalis Salisb. [1]

Erica terminalis, the Corsican heath or upright heath, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.

It is a bushy evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica ). It grows to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall and wide, with mid-green leaves and rose-pink flowers in summer and autumn, which often persist on the plant well into winter. ^{[2] [3]} E. terminalis can grow well on limey soils. ^[4]

It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, and naturalised elsewhere. ^[5]

References

1. "Erica terminalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN   978-1405332965.
3. "RHS Plant Selector - Erica terminalis". Archived from the original on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
4. Brian Proudley; Valerie Proudley (1989). Heathers in Colour (2nd ed.). Blandford Press. p. 38. ISBN   0713714204. Other fairly lime-tolerant species are E. umbellata and E. terminalis, both of value for colour in early summer.
5. Erica terminalis Salisb. - Corsican Heath :: Flora of Northern Ireland