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Calluna vulgaris, common heather, ling, or simply heather, is the sole species in the genus Calluna in the flowering plant family Ericaceae. It is a low-growing evergreen shrub growing to 20 to 50 centimetres tall, or rarely to 1 metre (40 in) and taller, and is found widely in Europe and Asia Minor on acidic soils in open sunny situations and in moderate shade.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Calluna vulgaris

Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Calluna

Kingdom: Plantae

Order: Ericales

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Habit: shrub