Summary
Place of publication:
J. Bot. (Schrader) 1799(2,2):286. 1800
Verified:
03/01/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
- Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
- Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
- Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
- Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
- Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003
Common names
English
Portuguese heath – Spanish heath – spear heath – Portuguese (Brazil)
urze –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
Native
Europe
-
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
-
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
-
NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom, Ireland
Northern America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Weed | | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=15473.
Accessed 20 September 2024.