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Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K. Koch

St. Dabeoc’s heath (Ericaceae)

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In its native range of Connemara, Daboecia cantabrica has pink flowers; elsewhere, as a garden escape, its flowers may be white.

Minstead (VC11: South Hampshire); 2019-07-16

 St. Dabeoc’s heath / Daboecia cantabrica: In its native range of Connemara, _Daboecia cantabrica_ has pink flowers; elsewhere, as a garden escape, its flowers may be white.

The leaves of Daboecia cantabrica are spirally arranged and only recurved at the edges, with a visible white-hairy lower surface.

Minstead (VC11: South Hampshire); 2019-07-16

 St. Dabeoc’s heath / Daboecia cantabrica: The leaves of _Daboecia cantabrica_ are spirally arranged and only recurved at the edges, with a visible white-hairy lower surface.

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