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|accepted_name=Erica tetralix
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 353. 1753 ,
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|common_names=Crossleaf heath
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Erica;Erica tetralix
|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>[[Erica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Erica tetralix]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 493
|treatment_page=page 494
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>erect or ascending, 10–25 cm; twigs of current season green, with both appressed and spreading, stiff hairs, older twigs brown, glabrescent. <b>Leaves</b> in whorls of 4; petiole 0.1–0.3 mm; blade linear-lanceolate, flat, 3–5.5 × 0.5–0.7 mm, margins revolute, not prickled, abaxial surface stiffly short-hairy, adaxial sparsely, stiffly short-hairy (hairs ca. 0.1–0.2 mm), mixed with longer, glandular hairs (hairs 0.5–0.6 mm). <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal umbels, capitate, 0.8–1.6 cm. <b>Pedicels</b> 2–3 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes narrowly deltate, 2.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, margins entire, with short, stiff hairs, apex obtuse, with short, stiff hairs; corolla light pink, campanulate, 4–5 mm, lobes deltate, 0.5 mm, apex acute; stamens 10; filaments ca. 3 mm; anthers awned, ca. 0.7 mm, awns 2, basal, subulate, ca. 0.7 mm; ovary hairy; style 3–4 mm; stigma included, not slender, capitate. <b>Capsules</b> 1.5–2 mm. <b>Seeds</b> ellipsoid-ovoid, 0.3 × 0.3 mm, reticulate. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy, acidic, upland sites in old pastures and roadsides
|elevation=0-1100 m
|distribution=N.S.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;W.Va.;n;w Europe.
|introduced=true
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Erica tetralix
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy, acidic, upland sites in old pastures and roadsides
|elevation=0-1100 m
|distribution=N.S.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;W.Va.;n;w Europe.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=
|special status=Introduced;Illustrated
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Erica
|species=Erica tetralix
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