| 词条 | Erica vagans |
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|image = Erica vagans.JPG |image_caption = The Cornish heath (Erica vagans) |genus = Erica (plant) |species = vagans |authority = L. }} Erica vagans (Cornish heath, wandering heath) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Ireland, Cornwall, western France and Spain.[1] It is a vigorous, spreading, evergreen heather reaching {{convert|75|cm|0|abbr=on}} tall and wide, with pink flowers borne in racemes {{convert|14|cm|0|abbr=on}} long in summer and autumn. The Latin specific epithet vagans literally means "wandering"; in this context it means "widely distributed".[2] Cornish populationIn Great Britain it is only found on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, where the unusual geology gives rise to the alkaline soils that it favours. It was voted the County flower of Cornwall in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife.[3] It is often considered the Cornish national flower.[4] According to one story this is because when Joseph of Arimathea first arrived in Cornwall looking for tin he had nowhere to stay, so he spent his first night on a bed of Cornish heather. In thankfulness he blessed the plant and so it is a blessed plant ever since. CultivationNumerous cultivars have been developed with a range of flower colours in white, pink, mauve and purple. The following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:-[5]
References1. ^{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=1405332964|pages=1136}} {{Commons|Erica vagans|Cornish heath}}{{Culture of Cornwall}}{{Taxonbar|from=Q1134318}}{{Cornwall-stub}}{{Ericaceae-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}} 3. ^Plantlife website County Flowers page {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430170312/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/wild_plants/county_flowers/ |date=2015-04-30 }} 4. ^James Minahan, The complete guide to national symbols and emblems , Volume 1, 2009 5. ^{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 36 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 6 February 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/58721/i-Erica-vagans-i-Mrs-D-f-Maxwell/Details| title = RHS Plantfinder - Erica vagans ‘Mrs D.F. Maxwell’ | accessdate = 17 February 2018}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Erica vagans f. alba 'Cornish Cream'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=2891|publisher=RHS|accessdate=19 June 2013}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Erica vagans f. alba 'Kevernensis Alba'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=6055|accessdate=19 June 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Erica vagans f. aureifolia 'Valerie Proudley'|url=http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=2893|accessdate=19 June 2013}} 4 : Environment of Cornwall|Erica|Flora of England|Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus |
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