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Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris Family: Ericaceae
Dorset Heath
Erica ciliaris


Evergreen shrub
Flowering time: June to September

Nationally Rare. Grows on damp heathland in the New Forest, Hampshire and in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Also found in Connemara, west Ireland



Similar: Cross-leaved Heath, Erica tetralix


Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris     Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris

Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris
Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris
The Purbacks, Dorset. August 2012

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