Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 11

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-COMMON_NAMES-Herbaceous Heath, Heath,
Heather, Winter Heath
-GENUS-Erica
-SPECIES-Erica herbacea
-CLASS-Octandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus
-MODERN_GENUS-Erica
-MODERN_SPECIES-Erica carnea
-MODERN_FAMILY-Ericaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-shrub
-COLOR-purple-pink
-SEASON-late winter - early spring
-NATIVE_REGION-E Europe, C Alps, NW Italy, NW Yugoslavia
-ZONE-5

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-J. Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0009.PCD