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Name (Hebrew)
אברש
Name (Latin)
Heather
Name (Arabic)
حشيشة المكنسة
Other forms of name
Calluna erica
Calluna sagittaefolia
Calluna vulgaris
Erica vulgaris
Kanerva
Ling (Plant)
Red heath
Scotch heather
Scots heather
See Also From tracing topical name
Calluna
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q26615
Library of congress: sh 85059819
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Rogers, G. Control, demography, and post-control response of heather in the central North Island, c1995:p. 5 (heather (Calluna vulgaris))
  • ITIS, Dec. 6, 2004(Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull -- accepted -- heather)
  • Plants national database, Dec. 6, 2004(Species Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull - heather. Genus Calluna Salisb. - heather)
  • GRIN taxonomy, via WWW, Dec. 6, 2004(Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull. Common names: heather, ling, red-heath, Scotch heather, Scots heather. Synonyms: Erica vulgaris)
  • A global compendium of weeds, via WWW, Dec. 6, 2004(Calluna vulgaris. Synonyms/other Latin names: Calluna erica, Erica vulgaris, Calluna sagittaefolia. Common name(s): heather, ling, Scotch heather, kanerva)
  • The American Heritage dictionary(heather: 1. A low-growing Eurasian shrub (Calluna vulgaris) growing in dense masses and having small evergreen leaves and clusters of small, bell-shaped pinkish-purple flowers. Also called ling. 2. See heath (sense 1); heath: 1. Any of various usually low-growing shrubs of the genus Erica and related genera, native to Europe and South Africa and having small evergreen leaves and small, colorful, urn-shaped flowers. Also called heather)
  • Encarta world Eng. dict.(heather: 1. PLANTS small-flowered shrub: a low shrubby evergreen plant with spiky leaves and small bell-shaped purple, pink, or white flowers, that grows in clusters on heaths and mountainsides in Europe and Asia. Latin name Calluna vulgaris. Also called ling)
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