Bell Heather
Bell Heather clump on Clougha Pike, Lancs.
On Millstone Grit rocks
Flowerheads
Flowers with protruding styles and stigmas
Flowers with purple, gland-free sepals
Leaves
Bell Heather amongst Heather
Erica cinerea
Ericaceae
May to September
It is found mainly in the Northwest, Southwest, parts of the
South, Northeast and East Anglia.
It is scattered or absent elsewhere.
See the BSBI distribution for Bell Heather
It grows on well-drained heaths and moors, and
occasionally beneath Scots Pine and Oak.
Bell Heather is a native, evergreen, small, bushy
shrub, and undershrub, growing up to 70cm.
Flowers are bell-shaped, dark-pink and 5-6mm long.
They are 4-merous.
There are 4 fused petals with 4 small lobes at the mouth of
the bell (slightly bigger than the lobes in Cross-leaved
Heath).
The 4 anthers are inside the bell.
The style and stigma protrude from the mouth of the bell.
The sepals are purple and non-glandular (cf Cross-leaved
Heath).
The leaves are dark green, non-glandular, and in whorls of
3 with clusters of smaller leaves next to the stem.
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Bell Heather clump on Clougha Pike, Lancs.
On Millstone Grit rocks
Flowerheads
Flowers with protruding styles and stigmas
Flowers with purple, gland-free sepals
Leaves
Bell Heather amongst Heather
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