View source for Calluna vulgaris

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|accepted_name=Calluna vulgaris
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) Hull
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brit. Fl. ed.
|place=2, 114. 1808,
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Erica vulgaris
|authority=Linnaeus
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 352. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Calluna;Calluna vulgaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calluna]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Calluna vulgaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 491
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>15–60(–100) cm. <b>Leaves</b> widely spaced on leading shoots, closely spaced and imbricate on later shoots; blade oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–3.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm, base auriculate-clasping, surfaces glabrous, keeled abaxially, concave adaxially. <b>Pedicels</b>: bracteoles 6–8 (4 distalmost simulating sepals). <b>Flowers</b>: sepals exceeding corolla, pinkish purple to white, petaloid, 3–4 mm; corolla pinkish purple to white, lobes 2(–3) mm; filaments glabrous; anthers 1 mm. <b>Capsules</b> 1–2 mm, hairy. <b>Seeds</b> 0.5–0.7 × 0.2–0.3 mm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Wet acidic sites in bogs and fens, upland sites in old pastures and roadsides
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Conn.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.C.;R.I.;Vt.;W.Va.;Europe;w Asia.
|discussion=<p><i>Calluna vulgaris</i> is well known as a constituent of moorlands in northern and western Europe, especially northern England, Ireland, and Scotland. The places where it is naturalized in North America are mostly coastal; inland it often is associated with railroads.</p>
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name=Calluna vulgaris
|author=
|authority=(Linnaeus) Hull
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Erica vulgaris
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Wet acidic sites in bogs and fens, upland sites in old pastures and roadsides
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;B.C.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Conn.;Mass.;Mich.;N.J.;N.C.;R.I.;Vt.;W.Va.;Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Brit. Fl. ed.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_960.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Calluna
|species=Calluna vulgaris
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