PI 315166 GRIN-Global

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

Cultivar:

'Ruth Sparkes'

Origin:

Collected – United Kingdom

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Jun 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Inventory Volume:

174
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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

Cultivar:

'Ruth Sparkes'

Origin:

Collected – United Kingdom

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

10 Jun 1966

PI Assigned:

1966

Source History

Collected

United Kingdom

Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Ruth Sparkes'

Type: Cultivar name

Narrative

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

Genus:

Calluna

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Ericoideae

Tribe:

Ericeae

Nomen number:

8605

Place of publication:

Brit. fl. ed. 2, 1:114. 1808

Verified:

05/15/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. alba (Weston) Braun-Blanq. (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. aurea (G. Don) W. Beij. (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. foxii (Bean) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. searlei (Fraser) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. serotina (Loudon) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull f. vulgaris (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. hirsuta (K. F. Waitz) Gray (0 active accession[s])
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull var. vulgaris (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Erica vulgaris L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Erica vulgaris L. var. vulgaris

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	heather		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	ling		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	red-heath		1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English	Scotch heather	but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland	1	Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:111.
English	Scots heather		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Spanish	biercol		2	Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Swedish	ljung		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

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Details for: PI 315166, Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull, 'Ruth Sparkes'