Family: Ericaceae Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix Flowering time: June-August. Evergreen shrub Found on damp acidic heaths, moorland and bogs. Twiggy, +/- erect branches with whorls of four narrow grey-green evergreen leaves, the margins rolled back. Terminal heads of drooping pink flowers with downy ovaries and woolly hairs on the lower side of the sepals. Foodplant for caterpillars of the Horse Chestnut moth Similar: Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris

Cross-leaved Heath, Erica tetralix
Studland and Holton Heath, Dorset. June 2006 and October 2012