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Herbarium specimen: Erica erigena

Taxon:Ericaceae: Erica erigena R. Ross ("Irish Heath")
Other name:Ericaceae: Erica mediterranea L.
Collected by:Annie Baker
Collection date:12/6/1890
Locality:Great Britain, VC1 West Cornwall, Kennall Valley
Institution:Perth Museum and Art Gallery (PTH)
Accession number:PTH.2002.4.281
notes:This species, within the British Isles, is only known from
Ireland, and has never been recorded from Cornwall. The
corolla/pedicel ratio rules out the similar Erica vagans
(Cornish Heath).

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