Ericaceae
Spanish heath
Erica lusitanica
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- خلنج لوزيتاني
- arz
- خلنج لوزيتانى
- Asturian
- Gorbiza cantábrica
- Basque
- Portugal txilar
- Chinese
- 葡萄牙石楠
- English
- Spanish heath, Portuguese heath
- French
- Bruyère du Portugal
- Galician
- Uz lusitana
- Portuguese
- Urze-lusitana
- Spanish
- Brezo de Portugal
- Welsh
- Grug Portiwgal
Synonyms
- Erica arborea Brot.
- Erica codonodes Lindl.
- Erica lusitanica f. lusitanica
- Erica polytrichifolia Salisb.
- Ericodes polytrichifolium (Salisb.) Kuntze
- Ericoides polytrichofolium Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Karim Ben Mimoun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jasper kooring, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Colette Grenot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Cornish heathErica vagansEricaceae
- Dorset heathErica ciliarisEricaceae
- 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.