QueiróErica umbellata

An erect shrub with crooked branches, easily recognized by the arrangement of the flowers forming umbels at the end of the branches, in groups of 3 to 6, with pubescent pedicels the size of the flowers or larger. The leaves are short, linear, hairy, at least when young, ciliate and arranged in whorls of 3. The corolla, almost cylindrical, has an intense pink or purple color. The fruit is a pyramidal or almost globose, naked capsule.

WHERE TO FIND IT AT AROUCA GEOPARK

Flowering Season March-June

Dimension Max. height: 1 m

Habitat Acidophilous woodlands, pine forests.

Queiró  ©Avelino Vieira

Queiró ©Avelino Vieira

Queiró  ©Avelino Vieira

Queiró ©Avelino Vieira

Queiró  ©Avelino Vieira

Queiró ©Avelino Vieira

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