Erica herbacea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 352. 1753.

"Habitat in Europa australiori." RCN: 2769, 2802.

Lectotype (Ross in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 60: 67. 1967): [icon] " Erica Coris folio VIII " in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 44. 1601.

Current name: Erica carnea L. ( Ericaceae).

Note: See discussion by Rauschert (in Feddes Repert. 83: 650. 1972) and McClintock & Wijnands (in Taxon 31: 319. 1982). Erica carnea is now conserved against E. herbacea L. (see Taxon 39: 294. 1990).