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Sand heath

Ceratiola ericoides

Also called Sandhill Rosemary, Florida Rosemary, Scrub Rosemary

Sand heath
Photo: Dsandii, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
subtropical

About

Ceratiola is a genus of flowering plants with a single species, Ceratiola ericoides, a shrub endemic to the Southeastern United States.

Where it grows

The species is native to subtropical scrub and dry sandy habitats on the Atlantic Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States, including Georgia and South Carolina, throughout Florida, and in coastal counties of Alabama and Mississippi. It commonly occurs in Florida scrubs together with sand pine and evergreen scrub oaks.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceratiola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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