Ericaceae
Briar root
Erica arborea
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (38)
- Arabic
- خلنج شجري
- arz
- خلنج شجرى
- Asturian
- Urcia
- Basque
- Txilar zuri, Zurikatx
- Bulgarian
- Пирен
- Catalan
- Bruc boal
- Chinese
- 白欧石楠, 白歐石楠, 白欧石南
- Corsican
- Scopa
- Czech
- Vřesovec stromovitý
- Danish
- Træ-Lyng
- Dutch
- Boomhei
- English
- Briar root, Tree heath, Tree heather
- Esperanto
- Vepreja eriko
- Estonian
- Puis-eerika
- Finnish
- Puukellokanerva, Puukanerva
- French
- Bruyère arborescente, Bruyère blanche, Bruyère en arbre
- Galician
- Uz branca
- German
- Baumheide
- Greek
- Ερείκη η δενδρώδης
- Hebrew
- אברש עצי
- Hungarian
- Cserjés hanga, Fás hanga
- Japanese
- エイジュ, エリカ・アルボレア, ブライア, ブライヤ, ブライヤー
- kab
- Axlenǧ
- lij
- Brügastro
- Macedonian
- Дрвнеест врес
- nds
- Boomheed
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trelyng
- Occitan
- Bruga blanca
- Persian
- خلنگ درختی
- Polish
- Wrzosiec drzewiasty
- Portuguese
- Urze-molar
- Russian
- Эрика древовидная
- scn
- Ràdica
- Slovenian
- Drevesasta resa
- Swedish
- Trädljung
- Turkish
- Ağaç fundası
- Ukrainian
- Еріка деревовидна
- Welsh
- Grugwydden, Grugwydden grugwydd
Synonyms
- Arsace arborea (L.) Fourr.
- Erica acrophya Fresen.
- Erica alpina (Bean) Osborn
- Erica arborea f. arborea
- Erica arborea subsp. canariensis ined.
- Erica arborea subsp. parviflora Spirlet
- Erica arborea subsp. riojana (Sennen & Elias) Romo
- Erica arborea var. alpina Bean
- Erica arborea var. arborea
- Erica arborea var. genuina Nicotra
- Erica arborea var. typica A.Fiori
- Erica canariensis Rivas Mart., Martín Osorio & Wildpret
- Erica cuadriflora Grisebach
- Erica elata Hoffmanns. & Link
- Erica lazaroana Rivas Goday & Bellot
- Erica procera Salisb.
- Erica riojana Sennen & Elias
- Erica scoparia Thunb.
- Erica stylosa Rudolph
- Erica subcampanulata (Benth.) Rivas Goday & Bellot
- Erica umbellata var. subcampanulata Benth.
- Ericodes arboreum (L.) Kuntze
- Ericoides arboreum (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- February to May (from 845 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.