Ericaceae
Cylinder heath
Erica cylindrica
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- خلنج أسطواني
- English
- Cylinder heath
Synonyms
- Callista cliffordiana (G.Lodd. ex G.Sinclair) G.Don
- Callista tenuiflora G.Don
- Erica cliffordia Link
- Erica cliffordiana G.Lodd.
- Erica cliffordiana G.Lodd. ex G.Sinclair
- Erica fistuliflora Salisb.
- Erica stenantha Sweet
- Erica tenuiflora Andrews
- Erica tetrastigmata Bolus
- Ericoides cylindricum Kuntze
- Ericoides herrenhausiense Kuntze
- Ericoides tenuiflorum (Andrews) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January, July to November (from 22 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ren Hoekstra, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michael D. Pirie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: marius, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Erica
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- Bell heatherErica cinereaEricaceae
- Winter heathErica carneaEricaceae
- Green heatherErica scopariaEricaceae
- Cornish heathErica vagansEricaceae
- Dorset heathErica ciliarisEricaceae
- Spanish heathErica lusitanicaEricaceae
- Erica multifloraEricaceae
- Erica australisEricaceae
- Erica terminalisEricaceae
- Erica umbellataEricaceae
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.