Erica vagans

Cornish heath (Erica vagans )

The Cornish heath (Erica vagans ), also called hiking Heath, is a plant of the family Ericaceae. The Conwall Heath is the national flower of the county of Cornwall in South West England

Description

The 30 to 80 centimeters high Cornwall Heather is an evergreen, bushy dwarf shrub whose branches lying, ascending or can be upright. The leafless shoots are yellowish brown.

Every four to five needle-shaped, linealische, bald, vice rolled edge blades are arranged to Blattquirlen. They have a length of five to ten millimeters, a dark green color and are pointed but not piercing.

The available July-September flowers are stalked and about eight millimeters long. They are mostly located in pairs in the upper leaf axils, forming with others a eight to twelve inches long, slender grape. The whitish- pink to pale - purple crown is wide and bell - shaped to urn. The dust bags have a dark purple color and tower above the crown margin with less than half of their length.

Occurrence

The Cornish heath is spread to the Atlantic coasts of the British Isles and is isolated prior to Portugal. It prefers to grow in coastal areas on sandy or rocky, mostly calcium-poor soils that are not too dry.