Erica umbellata

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Ericeae
Genus: Erica
Subgenus: E. subg. Erica
Sectio: E. sect. Pyronium
Species: Erica umbellata
Name

Erica umbellata L. (1753)
Synonyms

Erica lentiformis Salisb.
Erica umbellata f. albiflora D.Mc Clintock
Erica umbellata subsp. major (Cosson ex Bourg.) Pinto da Silva & Teles
Erica umbellata var. major Couss. ex Bourg.
Ericodes umbellatum (L.) Kuntze
Gypsocallis umbellata (L.) D.Don.

Homonyms

Erica umbellata Asso = Erica australis L.
Erica umbellata Bartl. = Erica nutans Wendl.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
Regional: Southwestern Europe
W-Spain, Portugal
Continental: Africa
Regional: Northern Africa
Morocco

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus I. Pp. [I–XII], 1–560. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 352.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Erica umbellata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 05. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Erica umbellata in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Erica umbellata. Published online. Accessed: May 05 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Erica umbellata. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 May 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Erica umbellata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2007-10-06.

Vernacular names
español: quiruela
eesti: Sarik-eerika
galego: Carroucha de umbela

Erica umbellata is a species of plant in the heather family (Ericaceae) native to the western Iberian Peninsula and northwestern Maghreb.[1]
Description
Erica umbellata on Citânia de Briteiros

Erica umbellata is a 10 to 50 cm (3.9 to 19.7 in) bush. It has young stems with barely marked ribs and reddish-brown bark. It has terminal inflorescences, umbelliform, with 3-6 flowers, without involvement of basal bracteoles. Seeds are ellipsoidal and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long. The corolla is 3.5–5.5 mm (0.14–0.22 in) intensely pink or purple, occasionally albino.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Erica umbellata on a siliceous soil

Erica umbellata is native to the western Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and western Spain) and northwest Africa in Morocco. Inhabiting bare terrain, dwarf or cleared heaths, scrublands, cleared forests, pine forests and subcoastal sand, always on siliceous soils, from sea-level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) altitude. Some populations in the Algarve have very large flowers (up to 7 mm (0.28 in)) and were denominated var. major. Galician plants with graceful stems and small flowers were described as var. filiformis. Rarely some plants appear with rudimentary or aborted stamens (var. Anandra).[2][3]
References

"Erica umbellata L." Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
"Erica umbellata" (PDF). Flora Iberica. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
"Erica umbellata L". Flora-On. Retrieved 2 March 2021.