Calluna

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ericaceae

• Scientific Name

  Calluna

• Description

  Genus Description - Fls 4-merous, each closely subtended by 3 pairs of decussate bracts simulating a cal; sep distinct, petaloid, scarious, much exceeding the tubular, deeply 4-lobed cor; stamens 8, included, connivent; anthers lance-subulate, each with 2 short basal spurs, the pollen sacs distinct for more than half their length above, opening longitudinally nearly to the base; stigma deeply 4-lobed; capsule 4-valved, enclosed by the persistent perianth; branched shrubs with small, opposite, decussate lvs and small, white to pink or rose-purple fls in ± secund racemes. Monospecific.

• Common Names

  heather