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|accepted_name=Calluna
|accepted_authority=Salisbury
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|place=6: 317. 1802 ,
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|common_names=Heather;Scotch heather;ling;bruyère commune;callunaie
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae;Calluna
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Calluna]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek kallyno, to brush, sweep, or cleanse, alluding to use as brooms
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 372, 374
|treatment_page=page 491
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form"><b>Shrubs.</b></span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect or ascending, (much-branched);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="twig pubescence">twigs hairy to glabrescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf duration;leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>persistent, opposite;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="petiole presence">petiole absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade texture;margin architecture or pubescence or shape">blade coriaceous, margins spinulose-ciliate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence position;inflorescence position;raceme architecture;panicle architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal or axillary, racemes or panicles, 5–30-flowered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="perula presence">perulae absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal quantity;sepal fusion">sepals 4, distinct;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal quantity;petal fusion;corolla duration;corolla shape">petals 4, barely connate basally, corolla persistent, campanulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen position">stamens 8, included;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="anther dehiscence">anthers with awns, dehiscent by lateral slits;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form">ovary 5-locular, (ovoid);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="style position;style course">style slightly exserted, straight;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape">stigma capitate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, globose, dehiscence septifragal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed quantity;seed shape;seed architecture;seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>ca. 5–10, ellipsoid, not winged, not tailed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="">testa (firm), ± alveolate-reticulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="testa architecture or coloration or relief;x chromosome quantity">x = 8.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;w Asia
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 1: introduced; Europe, w Asia.</p><!--
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Calluna
|author=Gordon C. Tucker
|authority=Salisbury
|rank=genus
|parent rank=subfamily
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|illustrator=Barbara Alongi
|illustration copyright=Flora of North America Association
|distribution=Europe;w Asia
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Trans. Linn. Soc. London
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Ericoideae
|genus=Calluna
|anther dehiscence=dehiscent
|blade texture=coriaceous
|corolla duration=persistent
|corolla shape=campanulate
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|fruit architecture=capsular
|fruit dehiscence=septifragal
|fruit shape=globose
|inflorescence position=axillary;terminal
|leaf arrangement=opposite
|leaf duration=persistent
|margin architecture or pubescence or shape=spinulose-ciliate
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=5-locular
|panicle architecture=5-30-flowered
|perula presence=absent
|petal fusion=connate
|petal quantity=4
|petiole presence=absent
|raceme architecture=5-30-flowered
|seed architecture=not winged
|seed quantity=5;10
|seed shape=not tailed;ellipsoid
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal quantity=4
|stamen position=included
|stamen quantity=8
|stem orientation=ascending;erect
|stigma architecture or shape=capitate
|style course=straight
|style position=exserted
|testa architecture or coloration or relief=alveolate-reticulate
|twig pubescence=hairy;glabrescent
|whole_organism growth form=shrub
|x chromosome quantity=8
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