Talk:Erica (plant)

Please copy the taxonomy into wikispecies [1]

But what I would really like to know is, where did the name Erica come from? Why is it called that, I mean? 91.105.62.65 11:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

Heather

I switched around the wording a bit where the discussion mentions heather, since that is actually a different genus. But since there is some overlap in name use, I left the usage in. PerlKnitter (talk) 13:22, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Erica manipuliflora

Is not mentioned. It is considered an important ecological (for determining floral association) and apicultural species, at least in Greece.--Draco ignoramus sophomoricus (talk) 20:59, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Theophrastus

There is a mistake in Gledhill's book: the authors who used the Greek word ἐρείκη were Aeschylus and Theocritus, not Theophrastus. Check Liddell-Scott.--Carnby (talk) 18:54, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Erica herbacea

For consistency with the statement in the lead of the article Erica carnea, that name should be used here in the image caption. Plantsurfer 08:50, 8 September 2016 (UTC)

Heath vs heather

If I read the lead of the article I come away with the impression that they're basically the same, but according to the rest of the internet there are differences.

Heaths: Erica / heather: Calluna

Needles / hairy scale leaves

Small / medium-size

More winter hardy / Less so

Some bloom winter to spring / tends to bloom in full summer

The internet notes though that within the families there is considerable variation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.61.180.106 (talk) 09:14, 22 February 2021 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress

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Proposed merge of Bruckenthalia into Erica (plant)

Bruckenthalia is a synonym of the genus Erica. The Bruckenthalia article should either be merged or renamed as Erica spiculifolia Kazamzam (talk) 19:02, 2 June 2022 (UTC)

• Move to Erica spiculifolia. Peter coxhead (talk) 21:37, 3 June 2022 (UTC)