Erica terminalis, the Corsican heath or upright heath, is a European species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Erica |
| Species: | E. terminalis
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It is a bushy evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath (a term also applied to E. arborea and E. lusitanica). It grows to 1 metre (3+1⁄2 feet) tall and wide, with mid-green leaves and rose-pink flowers in summer and autumn, which often persist on the plant well into winter.[2][3]
It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, and naturalised elsewhere.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Erica terminalis". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Erica terminalis". Retrieved 14 July 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Erica terminalis Salisb. - Corsican Heath :: Flora of Northern Ireland