| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica erigena R.Ross |
| Bibliography | Watsonia 7: 164 (1969) |
| Native Range | w. Europe, n. Morocco |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and heaths |
| Description | young branchlets strigose, leaves in whorls of 4, patent, linear, obtuse, entire, flowers in short, leafy, terminal racemes, corolla 5-6mm long, cylindrical |
| Size | 50-100cm |
| Color | purple, red, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, light, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Erica carnea ssp. mediterranea Bonnier & Layens Erica carnea ssp. occidentalis (Benth.) M.Laínz Erica carnea var. occidentalis Benth. Erica erigena f. alba (Bean) D.C.McClint. Erica herbacea ssp. occidentalis (Benth.) M.Laínz Erica hibernica (Moore) Syme Erica mediterranea f. alba (W.Bull ex J.Dix) Rehder Erica mediterranea var. alba (W.Bull ex J.Dix) Bean Erica mediterranea ssp. alba W.Bull ex J.Dix Erica mediterranea var. hibernica Moore Erica mediterranea var. occidentalis Hook. & Arn. Erica occidentalis (Benth.) Mateo & Figuerola Erica viridipurpurea L. Ericoides viridipurpureum (L.) Kuntze Gypsocallis mediterranea var. hibernica (Moore) Loudon |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (IRE Ireland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |