Erica ciliaris
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Erica ciliaris, the dorset heath, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Erica.[1]
Description
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Distribution and habitat
Erica ciliaris has a Lusitanian distribution, stretching from Morocco in the south, along the Atlantic coasts of Portugal, Spain and France to south-western parts of the British Isles in the north.[2] In the British Isles, it is only found natively in Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and one location in County Galway,[3] where it lives in bogs and wet heaths.[4] It has also been introduced to Hampshire.[1]
In culture
E. ciliaris was voted the county flower of Dorset in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife.[4]
References
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