Ericaceae
Cornish heath
Erica vagans
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Erica
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- خلنج هائم
- arz
- خلنج هائم
- Asturian
- Terenu
- Basque
- Txilar burusoil
- Catalan
- Bruc vagant
- Danish
- Høst-Lyng, Høstlyng
- English
- Cornish heath, Wandering heath
- Estonian
- Laiuv eerika
- French
- Bruyère Vagabonde, Bruyere vagabonde, Bruyère voyageuse
- Galician
- Carrasca branca
- German
- Cornwall-Heide, Wander-Heide
- Irish
- Fraoch gallda
- kw
- Kykesow, Kekesow
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Høstlyng
- Russian
- Эрика блуждающая
- Spanish
- Biércol, Brezo, Rubón
- Welsh
- Grug Cernyw
Synonyms
- Erica decipiens St.-Amans
- Erica didyma Stokes
- Erica multiflora Huds.
- Erica pallidopurpurea L.
- Erica testudinaria Gand.
- Erica urceolaris Sm. ex Steud.
- Erica vaga Salisb.
- Erica vagans f. alba (Bedford) D.C.McClint.
- Erica vagans f. anandra P.G.Turpin
- Erica vagans f. viridula D.C.McClint.
- Erica vagans var. alba Bedford
- Erica vagans var. purpurascens Louden
- Ericoides decipiens (St.-Amans) Kuntze
- Ericoides pallidopurpureum Kuntze
- Ericoides vagans (L.) Kuntze
- Gypsocallis vagans (L.) Gray
- Gypsocallis vagans (L.) G.Don
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Balles2601, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Dorset heathErica ciliarisEricaceae
- Spanish heathErica lusitanicaEricaceae
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- 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.