About Erica ciliaris L.
Erica ciliaris L. grows up to 60 centimetres (24 inches) in height. Its leaves are 2–4 millimetres (1⁄16–3⁄16 in) long and covered in long glandular hairs. This species produces bright pink flowers that measure 8–12 mm (3⁄8–1⁄2 in) long, arranged in long racemes. Erica ciliaris has a Lusitanian distribution, ranging from Morocco in the south, along the Atlantic coasts of Portugal, Spain and France, to the south-western British Isles in the north. Within the British Isles, it is native only to Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, and a single location in County Galway, where it grows in bogs and wet heaths. It has also been introduced to Hampshire.
