Taxon: Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

• the 43 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Calluna vulgaris forma alba (no accessions)
• Calluna vulgaris forma aurea (no accessions)
• Calluna vulgaris forma foxii (no accessions)
• Calluna vulgaris forma serotina (no accessions)
• Calluna vulgaris forma searlei (no accessions)
• Calluna vulgaris var. hirsuta (no accessions)

Common names:

• heather   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• ling   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• red-heath   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Scotch heather   (Source: Castanea 61:111. [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  
• Scots heather   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• biercol   (Source: F Int Apico ) – Spanish
  
• ljung   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Bee plants: honey production   (the honey is dark, tart and rather bitter fide F USSR)
  
• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States [w. (incl. Alaska)]

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Britton, N. L. & A. Brown. 1952. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, ed. 3. 3:21–22. [naturalized in North America].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1967. Flora SSSR. 18:69.
• Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:111.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1972. Flora europaea. 3:8.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Calluna vulgaris.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Calluna vulgaris.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Calluna vulgaris.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Erica vulgaris L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Calluna vulgaris cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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