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|accepted_name=Calluna
|accepted_authority=Salisbury
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|place=6: 317. 1802 ,
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|common_names=Heather;Scotch heather;ling;bruyère commune;callunaie
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Calluna
|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>
|etymology=Greek kallyno, to brush, sweep, or cleanse, alluding to use as brooms
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 372, 374
|treatment_page=page 491
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs.</b> Stems erect or ascending, (much-branched); twigs hairy to glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, opposite; petiole absent; blade coriaceous, margins spinulose-ciliate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary, racemes or panicles, 5–30-flowered; perulae absent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; sepals 4, distinct; petals 4, barely connate basally, corolla persistent, campanulate; stamens 8, included; anthers with awns, dehiscent by lateral slits; ovary 5-locular, (ovoid); style slightly exserted, straight; stigma capitate. <b>Fruits</b> capsular, globose, dehiscence septifragal. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 5–10, ellipsoid, not winged, not tailed; testa (firm), ± alveolate-reticulate. <b>x</b> = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;w Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 1: introduced; Europe, w Asia.</p><!--
--><p>Species 1</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=barclay1974a
|text=Barclay Estrup, P. 1974. The distribution of Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull in western Canada. Syesis 7: 129–137.
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|id=barclay1993a
|text=Barclay Estrup, P. 1993. Scottish heather, Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull, in eastern Canada. Naturaliste Canad. 118: 47–55.
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|id=beijerinck1940a
|text=Beijerinck, W. 1940. Calluna: A monograph on the Scotch heather. Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 38(4).
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name=Calluna
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Salisbury
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|distribution=Europe;w Asia.
|introduced=true
|reference=barclay1974a;barclay1993a;beijerinck1940a
|publication title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Calluna
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