Erica scoparia

Erica scoparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Erica
Species: E. scoparia
Binomial name
Erica scoparia
L.

Erica scoparia is a shrubby species of heath in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It occurs in the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), Macaronesia, including the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores and in Mediterranean southern France, north Africa, Sardinia and Corsica.

Description

Erica scoparia is a perennial evergreen shrub with small yellowish white to red-brown bell-shaped drooping flowers borne in clusters at the ends of its shoots.[1]

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