Common heather

Among the flowers of the heathland 🌺🌸🌿
Heather (scientific name Calluna vulgaris) creates the compact formations typical of the so-called “heathland,” carpeting it with violet flowers.
With its very small leaves closely packed to the stem, it adapts well to the typical aridity of these environments. Heather grows up to 60 cm tall, and the flowers form violet inflorescences 🌸 at the top of the stems and branches; sometimes white flowers may appear.
Heather is evergreen and provides food for many wild animals: various bird species feed on the seeds, and bees 🐝 collect nectar to produce a dark honey 🍯, highly appreciated.
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The roots of heather are used to make pipes. The branches have been used since ancient times to make brooms 🧹.
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