Ericaceae
Cross-leaved heath
Erica tetralix
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (31)
- arz
- ايريكا تتراليكس
- Asturian
- Gorbiza de llamarga
- Basque
- Txilar lauhosto
- Catalan
- Bruc d'aiguamoll, Bruyère quaternée
- Chinese
- 貝爾石南花, 四齿欧石南
- Czech
- Vřesovec čtyřřadý, Vřesovec ladní
- Danish
- Klokkelyng, Klokke-Lyng
- Dutch
- Gewone dophei, Gewone dopheide
- English
- Cross-leaved heath, Crossleaf heath, Bog heather
- Estonian
- Soo-erika, Soo-eerika
- Finnish
- Nummikellokanerva, Kellokanerva
- French
- Bruyère quaternée, Bruyère des marais, Bruyère tétragone, Bruyère à quatre angles, Bruyere des marais
- frr
- Hiasruus
- Galician
- Carroucha das brañas
- German
- Glocken-Heide, Doppheide, Echte Glockenheide, Forchheide, Frühlingsheide, Glockenheide, Moor-Glockenheide, Suerheid
- Icelandic
- Haustlyng
- Irish
- Fraoch naoscaí
- Japanese
- エリカ・テトラリクス
- kw
- Grug krowsdhel
- Latvian
- Grīņa sārtene
- Lithuanian
- Tyrulinė erika, Bruyère quaternée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Klokkelyng, Poselyng
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Klokkelyng
- Polish
- Wrzosiec bagienny
- Russian
- Эрика четырёхмерная
- Slovak
- Vresovec štvorradový
- Slovenian
- Križnolistna resa
- Spanish
- Brezo de turbera, Berecebo, Berecillo, Berecillo de las escobas, Berezo, Berezo de humedad, Berezo de laguna, Berezo de los trampales
- stq
- Dopheede
- Swedish
- Klockljung, Bruyère quaternée
- Welsh
- Grug croesddail, Grug deilgroes
Synonyms
- Eremocallis glomerata (Salisb.) Gray
- Erica botuliformis Salisb.
- Erica calycinades G.Sinclair
- Erica glomerata Salisb.
- Erica martinesii Lag. ex Benth.
- Erica tetralix f. eglandulosa L.Chev.
- Erica tetralix f. glandulosa L.Chev.
- Erica tetralix f. tetralix
- Erica tetralix subsp. tetralix
- Erica tetralix var. martinezii Lag. ex Benth.
- Erica tetralix var. quinaria Guffroy
- Erica tetralix var. tetralix
- Ericodes tetralix (L.) Kuntze
- Ericoides glomeratum (Andrews) Kuntze
- Ericoides mackeyi Kuntze
- Ericoides tetralix (L.) Kuntze
- Tetralix septentrionalis E.Mey.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 523 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sim Elliott, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Torben Bruus, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.