Ericaceae
Winter heath
Erica carnea
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- خلنج عشبي
- arz
- خلنج عشبى
- Bulgarian
- Тревиста ерика
- Chinese
- 欧石南, 歐石南, 草枝欧石南
- Czech
- Vřesovec pleťový
- Danish
- Vår-Lyng
- English
- Winter heath, Heath, Alpine heath, Spring heath, Winter flowering heather
- Estonian
- Punane eerika
- German
- Schneeheide, Schnee-Heide
- Hungarian
- Alpesi hanga, Havasi hanga
- Icelandic
- Vorlyng
- Macedonian
- Тревест врес, Месест врес
- Malayalam
- എറിക കാർണിയ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vårlyng
- Persian
- اریکا کارنیا
- Polish
- Wrzosiec krwisty
- Russian
- Эрика травянистая, Эрика мясистая
- Slovak
- Vresovec mäsový
- Slovenian
- Spomladanska resa
- Swedish
- Vårljung
Synonyms
- Erica bracteata Moench
- Erica herbacea L.
- Erica herbacea f. alba (André) D.C.McClint.
- Erica lugubris Salisb.
- Erica mediterranea L.
- Erica mediterranea Rchb. ex Nyman
- Erica purpurascens L.
- Erica saxatilis Salisb.
- Ericodes herbaceum Kuntze
- Ericoides herbaceum Kuntze
- Gypsocallis carnea (L.) D.Don
- Gypsocallis carnea (L.) D.Don ex G.Don
- Gypsocallis carnea var. praecox (McNab) Louden
- Gypsocallis mediterranea (L.) D.Don
- Gypsocallis mediterranea (L.) D.Don ex G.Don
- Gypsocallis purpurascens (L.) D.Don
- Gypsocallis purpurascens (L.) G.Don
Flowers
- In flower
- February to June (from 1,013 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Philipp Pavelka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Valentin Moser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: EdytaT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Feloidea, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tristan Haab, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Flocci Nivis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hubert Sztyler, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Erica
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- Bell heatherErica cinereaEricaceae
- Green heatherErica scopariaEricaceae
- Cornish heathErica vagansEricaceae
- Dorset heathErica ciliarisEricaceae
- Spanish heathErica lusitanicaEricaceae
- Erica multifloraEricaceae
- Erica australisEricaceae
- Erica terminalisEricaceae
- Erica umbellataEricaceae
- Erica erigenaEricaceae
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). About our plant data.