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Ericaceae

In Britain the family Ericaceae (Heath family) are dicotyledons, with flower petals present and fused. The ovary is superior (inferior in Vaccinium).Simple leaves with no stipules.

Flowers radially symmetrical

Stamens twice number of corolla lobes

Genera eg. Vaccinium, Erica, Calluna

Erica Leaves Leaf
  opposite whorls hairless downy
Calluna vulgaris X      
E. cinerea   X X  
E. tetralix   X   X
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