Family: Ericaceae Dorset Heath Erica ciliaris Evergreen shrub Flowering time: June to September Nationally Rare. Grows on damp heathland in the New Forest, Hampshire and in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Also found in Connemara, west Ireland Similar: Cross-leaved Heath, Erica tetralix

   


Dorset Heath, Erica ciliaris
The Purbacks, Dorset. August 2012