Pictured are the orders of clethraceae, pyrolaceae, and ericaceae. The flowers of these orders that are illustrated include (1) clethra, (2) pyrola, (andromeda, (4) kalmia, (5) rhododendron, (6) erica, and (7) vaccinium.

Orders of Clethraceae, Pyrolaceae, and Ericaceae

Pictured are the orders of clethraceae, pyrolaceae, and ericaceae. The flowers of these orders that…

Erica hyemalis is a popular Christmas flower in London. The flowers are rosy pink tipped with white.

Erica Hyemalis

Erica hyemalis is a popular Christmas flower in London. The flowers are rosy pink tipped with white.

Erica mediterranea is a western form of E. carnea. The flowers are very small.

Erica Mediterranea

Erica mediterranea is a western form of E. carnea. The flowers are very small.

The flowers of erica melanthera are rosy. The flowers bloom in December and January. The leaves are thick and grooved on the back.

Erica Melanthera

The flowers of erica melanthera are rosy. The flowers bloom in December and January. The leaves are…

Erica persoluta is a white flowered and very variable species. The leaves are erect and spreading.

Erica Persoluta

Erica persoluta is a white flowered and very variable species. The leaves are erect and spreading.

The common name of erica vagans is Cornish heath. The flowers are a pale, purplish red.

Erica Vagans

The common name of erica vagans is Cornish heath. The flowers are a pale, purplish red.

"Erica cinerea. The English form of a name given in most Teutonic dialects to the common ling or heather, but now applied to all species of Erica, an extensive genus of monopetalous plants, belonging to the order Ericaceae. The heaths are evergreen shrubs, with small narrow leaves, in whorls usually set rather thickly on the shoots; the persistent flowers have 4 sepals, and a 4-cleft campanulate or tubular corolla, in many species more or less ventricose or inflated." — Encyclopediia Britannica, 1893

Heath

"Erica cinerea. The English form of a name given in most Teutonic dialects to the common ling or heather,…

"Calluna Vulgaris. The English form of a name given in most Teutonic dialects to the common ling or heather, but now applied to all species of Erica, an extensive genus of monopetalous plants, belonging to the order Ericaceae. The heaths are evergreen shrubs, with small narrow leaves, in whorls usually set rather thickly on the shoots; the persistent flowers have 4 sepals, and a 4-cleft campanulate or tubular corolla, in many species more or less ventricose or inflated." — Encyclopediia Britannica, 1893

Heath

"Calluna Vulgaris. The English form of a name given in most Teutonic dialects to the common ling or…