Erica purpurascens Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 503. 1762, nom. illeg.

"Habitat in Europa australi." RCN: 2767, 2781.

Replaced synonym: Erica pallidopurpurea L. (1753) .

Lectotype (Nelson in Cafferty & Jarvis in Taxon 51: 753. 2003 [2002]): [icon] " Erica Coris folio VII " in Clusius, Rar. Pl. Hist. 1: 44, 43. 1601.

Current name: Erica carnea L. ( Ericaceae).

Note: An illegitimate replacement name for E. pallidopurpurea L. (1753) .