| Scientific Name: | Daboecia cantabrica |
| Common Name: | Irish heath |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Container planting, Erosion control, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Purple, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low evergreen fine textured shrub; leaves alternate, ovate to elliptic, about 9-12mm long x 3-5mm wide, pubescent; flowers urn-shaped, ~12mm long, white, pink, purple or red, Jun-Oct. | |