Herbarium specimen: Erica erigena
Taxon: | Ericaceae: Erica erigena R. Ross ("Irish Heath") |
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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). |