Bell Heather
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Erica cinerea
Common & widespread throughout Britain.
It is a low, spreading shrub growing to 15–60 centimetres (6–23+1⁄2 inches) tall, with fine needle-like leaves 4–8 millimetres (1⁄8–3⁄8 in) long arranged in whorls of three.
The flowers are bell-shaped, purple (rarely white), 4–7 mm (1⁄8–1⁄4 in) long, produced in mid- to late summer.
The flowers are dry, similar in texture to the Strawflower.