| Scientific Name: | Erica tetralix |
| Common Name: | cross leaved heath |
| Family Name: | Ericaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Filler, Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Leathery, Pubescent, Linear, Oblong, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Plants erect or ascending, most 10-40cm tall; leaves in whorls of four, narrowly oblong to linear, 3-5.5mm long x 0.5-0.7mm wide, usually pubescent with glandular hairs, margins rolled downwards; flowers bell-shaped, 4-5mm long, drooping, light pink, in compact umbels at the ends of its shoots, for a few weeks between May and Aug. | |