Bell heather
Erica cinerea L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- —
Ericaceae
Also called Bell Heather, Heather-bell, Scotch heath
Formerly Eremocallis cinerea, Erica tenuifolia, Ericoides cinerea
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- N. & W. EuropeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Asturian
- argaña
- Danish
- Grå-Lyng
- German
- Grau-Heide, Graue Glockenheide, Graue Heide
- Spanish
- Argoña, Brezo Ceniciento
- Estonian
- Hall eerika
- Finnish
- Harmaakellokanerva
- French
- bruyère cendrée, Bruyère Cendrée
- Dutch
- rode dophei, Rode dophei, Rode Dophei
- Slovenian
- sivkasta resa
- Chinese
- 紫花欧石南
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Erica cinerea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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