| 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: | |
| 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, Entire |
| Flowers: | Pink, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves usually glandular, in whorls of four; flowers small, pink bell-shaped, drooping, in compact clusters at the ends of its shoots, Aug-Oct. | |