Talk:Erica (plant)

Please copy the taxonomy into wikispecies

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. Plant surfer 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)