| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Erica carnea L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 355 (1753) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and heaths |
| Description | young branchlets subglabrous, leaves 5-8mm in whorls of 4, linear, patent, acute, minutely denticulate, flowers in short leafy racemes, corolla 5-6mm long, cylindrical |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | variable |
| 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 bracteata Moench Erica carnea f. alba (Dippel) Schelle Erica carnea var. alba Dippel Erica carnea ssp. mediterranea (L.) Borja Erica carnea var. purpurascens Regel Erica carnea f. purpurascens (Regel) Herder Erica herbacea L. Erica herbacea f. alba (André) D.C.McClint Erica hibernica Utinet Erica lugubris Salisb. Erica mediterranea L. Erica pallidopurpurea L. Erica purpurascens L. Erica saxatilis Salisb. Ericodes herbaceum (L.) Kuntze Gypsocallis carnea D.Don Gypsocallis mediterranea D.Don Gypsocallis purpurascens D.Don |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |