CHR 529753 – Erica cinerea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 529753
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 May 1999
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Erica cinerea L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1997-09-01 (Verbatim: 1-SEP-1997)
Preferred name:
Erica cinerea L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Sligo, west of Sligo Town, Knockmarea, below Queen Maeve's Tomb
Verbatim locality:
Sligo, west of Sligo Town, Knockmarea, below Queen Maeve's Tomb
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 305/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1-SEP-1997
Start date:
1997-09-01
Country:
Ireland
Habitat:
Slope, scrub-forming.
Notes:
Low subshrub; habit erect to suberect, 20-25cm high. Flowers rosy-magenta 6-7mm long, ovoid. Anthers dark, usually not exserted. Stigma exserted. Common with Calluna and a co-dominant with it, lower down.
Observed species:
Calluna vulgaris
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