Erica scoparia is a shrubby species of heath in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It occurs in the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal), Macaronesia, including the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores and in Mediterranean southern France, north Africa, Sardinia and Corsica.
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Common besom heath
Erica scoparia
- Observations in the area
- 2
- Last sighting
- 1 May 2025
- Category
- Plants
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Where it has been observed
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Photo: Sylvain Piry · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC
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