Family: Ericaceae Bell Heather Erica cinerea Flowering time: June-September. Evergreen. Can be abundant on acidic heaths and moorland in SW and W England, Wales and Scotland and in Ireland Short spikes of bright reddish-purple flowers with narrow, hairless sepals. The dark green, stalked leaves grow in whorls of 3 with the leaf margins rolled back, hiding lower surface and further tufts of leaves in axils. Foodplant for caterpillars of the Beautiful Yellow Underwing moth

Bell Heather, Erica cinerea
Studland, Dorset. September 2012