Erica ciliaris, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 6

2. E. ciliaris L. , Sp. Pl. 354 (1753) .

Dwarf shrub 30-80 cm; stems erect, usually from a decumbent base, with patent branches; young twigs pubescent. Leaves 2-4 mm, in whorls of 3(-4), ovate to oblong-lanceolate, patent, pubescent above at least when young, and with stout, usually gland-tipped cilia on the apparent margin; margins revolute, but not concealing more than | of the whitish lower surface. Flowers in terminal racemes; pedicels with 2-3 bracteoles above or near the middle. Sepals c. 2 mm, more or less pubescent, ciliate like the leaves; corolla 8-12 mm, bright reddish-pink, urceolate, somewhat curved or gibbous, with suberect lobes; anthers included, without appendages. Ovary glabrous; stigma obconical. 2« = 24. Bogs, heaths, scrub and open woods; calcifuge. W. Europe, northwards to W. Ireland and eastwards to c. 3° E. in C. France. Br Ga Hb Hs Lu.