Species name:

Erica multiflora L.

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Taxonomy

Family

Species

Erica

English name

Mediterranean Heath, Medit. Heather

Italian name

Erica multiflora

Distribution

South-West Europe, North Africa

Chorological type

Steno-Mediterranean

Habitat

It grows mainly on calcareous soils in scrub and garrigue environments. (0 - 800 m, in Italy).

Flowering time

IX - XI

Nectar

++

Pollen

+

Pollen colour

/

Honeydew

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BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEB SITES

Pignatti S. - Flora d’Italia (3 voll.) - Edagricole - 1982
Reader’s digest encyclopaedia of garden plants and flowers - Reader’s Digest - Milano - 1988
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Intoppa F. - Fiori e api - Edagricole - 2000 - www.bombus.it/pdf/ fiori_e_api/fiori_e_api.pdf
Ricciardelli D’Albore G., Atlas of world unifloral honeys - Fai Apicoltura - 2019
Simonetti G., Frilli F., Barbattini R., Iob M. - Flora di interesse apistico - Appendice a APICOLTURA Numero 5 - 1989
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol VI - 2000
The European Garden Flora - Cambridge University Press Vol I - II - III - IV - V 56- 1980
Worldfloraonline, An Online Flora of All Known Plants - http://www.worldfloraonline.org/
Acta Plantarum - The Italian Flora - www.actaplantarum.org/
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CABI, Invasive Species Compendium - www.cabi.org/
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Florabeilles (INRA) - www.florabeilles.org
Floridata - floridata.com/home
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) - www.europe-aliens.org/default.do
Australian FLORA - www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/austn-flora
Plantnet Flora mondiale - https://identify.plantnet.org/it/the-plant-list/species
GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility - https://www.gbif.org/