Ericaceae
Bell heather
Erica cinerea
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- خلنج رمادي, خلنج أسود, خلنج الثلوج
- arz
- خلنج رمادى
- Asturian
- Argaña
- Basque
- Ainar purpura
- Catalan
- Bruc vermell, Bruyère cendrée
- Chinese
- 紫花欧石南
- Danish
- Grå-Lyng
- Dutch
- Rode dophei, Grauwe dophei, Rode dopheide
- English
- Bell heather, Scotch heath, Heather-bell
- Estonian
- Hall eerika
- Faroese
- Føroyskur klokkulyngur
- Finnish
- Harmaakellokanerva
- French
- Bruyère cendrée, Bruyere cendree
- Galician
- Carrasco
- German
- Graue Heide, Grau-Heide, Graue Glockenheide, Bruyère cendrée, Grauheide
- Icelandic
- Roðalyng
- Irish
- Fraoch cloigíneach
- Japanese
- エリカ・キネレア
- Korean
- 에리카
- kw
- Grug
- Lithuanian
- Bruyère cendrée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Purpurlyng
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Purpurlyng
- Portuguese
- Urze-roxa
- Russian
- Эрика сизая
- Slovenian
- Sivkasta resa
- Spanish
- Brezo Ceniciento, Argoña
- Swedish
- Purpurljung, Bruyère cendrée
- Welsh
- Grug y mêl
Synonyms
- Eremocallis cinerea (L.) Gray
- Erica cinerea f. alba (Aiton) D.C.McClint.
- Erica cinerea var. alba Aiton
- Erica cinerea var. cinerea
- Erica cinerea var. numidica Maire
- Erica cinerea var. polypetala Bean
- Erica humilis Neck.
- Erica mutabilis Salisb.
- Erica numidica (Maire) Romo & Borat.
- Erica tenuifolia Bubani
- Erica viridipurpurea Gouan
- Ericalluna bealeana Krüssm.
- Ericodes cinereum (L.) Kuntze
- Ericoides cinereum (L.) Kuntze
- Ericoides humile (Salisb.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 1,140 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Charlie Farrell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gwen and James Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anne Thomson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: janetgraham84new, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Erica
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- 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.