Calluna vulgaris, Common Heather - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Common heather, ling, heather

Botanical name & synonyms: Calluna vulgaris, Calluna vulgaris var. pubescens, Calluna sancta, Calluna pyrenaica, Calluna oviformis, Calluna olbiensis, Calluna erica var. condensata, Calluna brumalis, Calluna beleziana, Calluna atlantica, Calluna alpestris, Ericoides vulgaris, Erica vulgaris, Calluna sagittifolia, Calluna erica, Calluna beleziae, Calluna erica var. hirsuta, Calluna sagittifolia, Erica sagittifolia

Family: (Ericaceae)

• native to northern Europe and West-Asia
  

• perennial
  

• 30 to 100cm
  

• flower VIII to X
  

• plant community: steppe meadow

• for bees & bumblebees
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 1,6 gram