Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) C.Koch

Irish Heath

See genus for description.

The group of garden variants now referred to under the name D. Scotia Group [D. ×scotica] are possibly hybrids of D. azorica and D. cantabrica or selections of D. azorica: one of these, 'William Buchanan', has prolific crimson flowers.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Ericaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Daboecia cantabrica 'Porter's Variety'

A small, compact plant with narrow magenta flowers.

Daboecia cantabrica 'Praegerae'

Dwarf spreader with large, narrowed dark pink flowers.

kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
genus        Daboecia D.