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Common name

Portuguese: Queiró

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Ericales (56)

        Family: Ericaceae (27)(family description)

          Genus: Daboecia (1)

            Epithet: cantabrica (Hudson) Koch. (1)

Synonym: Andromeda daboecia L.

cantabrica => from Cantabria, province in north-western Spain

daboecia => reference to Ireland, after St. Dabeoc, 5th or 6th century British monk who founded a monastery in Ireland

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

Check for Daboecia cantabrica at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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