| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch |
| Bibliography | Dendrologie 2(2): 13 (1873) |
| Native Range | w. Ireland, w. France to nw. Portugal |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and heaths |
| Altitude | 100-1500m |
| Description | evergreen, leaves alternate, oval-lanceolate, with revolute margins, adaxially shiny, abaxially white tomentose, subsessile, flowers tetramerous in elongate raceme |
| Size | 25-50cm |
| Color | bluish red |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | - |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Andromeda daboecia L. Andromeda montana Salisb. Boretta cantabrica (Huds.) Kuntze Boretta daboecia (L.) Baill. Daboecia cantabrica f. blumii D.C.McClint. Daboecia daboecia (L.) Dörfl. Daboecia polifolia D.Don Erica cantabrica (Huds.) Collins Erica dabici Crantz Erica daboecia (L.) L. Menziesia daboecia (L.) DC. Menziesia minor Hoffmanns. Menziesia polifolia Juss. Vaccinium cantabricum Huds. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (IRE Ireland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) |