Faster access than browser!
81 relations: Acid, Alpine plant, Ancient Greek, Australia, Award of Garden Merit, Azores, Balmoral Castle, Beehive, Beer in Scotland, Besom, Binomial nomenclature, Bog, Broom Buzzems, Carl Linnaeus, Chlorogenic acid, Clive A. Stace, Comb honey, Cultivar, Decussation, Edwin Haslam, Ergot, Erica, Ericaceae, Europe, Ewan MacColl, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Floral emblem, Flower, Flower bouquet, Flowering plant, Garden, Gel, Genus, Gruit, Heath, Honey, Honey extraction, Hops, Iceland, Invasive species, Islay, Kidnapped (novel), Larva, Latin, Lepidoptera, List of Lepidoptera that feed on Calluna, Lochmaea suturalis, Malt, Mass trespass of Kinder Scout, ..., Middle Ages, Moorland, Nan Shepherd, New Zealand, Newcastle upon Tyne, North America, Oak, Ornamental plant, Pedanius Dioscorides, Perennial plant, Petal, Pine, Poland, Polish language, Queen Victoria, Red grouse, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Robert E. Howard, Robert Louis Stevenson, Royal Horticultural Society, Saturnia pavonia, Scarborough Fair (ballad), Scotland, Sepal, Shrub, The Manchester Rambler, Thixotropy, Thomas Pennant, Tongariro National Park, William Purvis (Blind Willie), Willow ptarmigan. Expand index (31 more) »
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron (proton or hydrogen ion H+), or, alternatively, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair (a Lewis acid).
New!!: Calluna and Acid · See more »
Alpine plant
Alpine plants are plants that grow in an alpine climate, which occurs at high elevation and above the tree line.
New!!: Calluna and Alpine plant · See more »
Ancient Greek
The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.
New!!: Calluna and Ancient Greek · See more »
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
New!!: Calluna and Australia · See more »
Award of Garden Merit
The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS).
New!!: Calluna and Award of Garden Merit · See more »
Azores
The Azores (or; Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
New!!: Calluna and Azores · See more »
Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle is a large estate house in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, near the village of Crathie, west of Ballater and east of Braemar.
New!!: Calluna and Balmoral Castle · See more »
Beehive
A beehive is an enclosed structure man-made in which some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young.
New!!: Calluna and Beehive · See more »
Beer in Scotland
Beer has been produced in Scotland for about 5,000 years.
New!!: Calluna and Beer in Scotland · See more »
Besom
A besom is a broom, a household implement used for sweeping.
New!!: Calluna and Besom · See more »
Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.
New!!: Calluna and Binomial nomenclature · See more »
Bog
A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss.
New!!: Calluna and Bog · See more »
Broom Buzzems
"Buy Broom Buzzems" (or "Buy Broom Besums") is a song attributed by many to William Purvis, probably better known as "Blind Willie" (1752 - 1832), a Tyneside song writer and performer in the end of the 18th and start of the 19th century, and is considered by many to be his piece de resistance.
New!!: Calluna and Broom Buzzems · See more »
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von LinnéBlunt (2004), p. 171.
New!!: Calluna and Carl Linnaeus · See more »
Chlorogenic acid
Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is the ester of caffeic acid and (−)-quinic acid, functioning as an intermediate in lignin biosynthesis.
New!!: Calluna and Chlorogenic acid · See more »
Clive A. Stace
Clive Anthony Stace (born 1938) is a British botanist and botanical author.
New!!: Calluna and Clive A. Stace · See more »
Comb honey
Comb honey is honey intended for consumption which is still contained within its original hexagonal-shaped beeswax cells, called honeycomb.
New!!: Calluna and Comb honey · See more »
Cultivar
The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.
New!!: Calluna and Cultivar · See more »
Decussation
Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing (Latin: the roman numeral for ten, deca, is an uppercase 'X').
New!!: Calluna and Decussation · See more »
Edwin Haslam
Edwin Haslam (1932 – 3 October 2013) was an organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenols.
New!!: Calluna and Edwin Haslam · See more »
Ergot
Ergot (pron.) or ergot fungi refers to a group of fungi of the genus Claviceps.
New!!: Calluna and Ergot · See more »
Erica
Erica is a genus of roughly 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae.
New!!: Calluna and Erica · See more »
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.
New!!: Calluna and Ericaceae · See more »
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
New!!: Calluna and Europe · See more »
Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer, songwriter, communist, labour activist, actor, poet, playwright and record producer born in Lancashire to Scottish parents.
New!!: Calluna and Ewan MacColl · See more »
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
New!!: Calluna and Falkland Islands · See more »
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar; Færøerne), sometimes called the Faeroe Islands, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of Scotland.
New!!: Calluna and Faroe Islands · See more »
Floral emblem
In a number of countries, plants have been chosen as symbols to represent specific geographic areas.
New!!: Calluna and Floral emblem · See more »
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms).
New!!: Calluna and Flower · See more »
Flower bouquet
A flower bouquet is a collection of flowers in a creative arrangement.
New!!: Calluna and Flower bouquet · See more »
Flowering plant
The flowering plants, also known as angiosperms, Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants, with 416 families, approximately 13,164 known genera and c. 295,383 known species.
New!!: Calluna and Flowering plant · See more »
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
New!!: Calluna and Garden · See more »
Gel
A gel is a solid jelly-like material that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough.
New!!: Calluna and Gel · See more »
Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
New!!: Calluna and Genus · See more »
Gruit
Gruit (alternately grut or gruyt) is an herb mixture used for bittering and flavouring beer, popular before the extensive use of hops.
New!!: Calluna and Gruit · See more »
Heath
A heath is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and is characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation.
New!!: Calluna and Heath · See more »
Honey
Honey is a sweet, viscous food substance produced by bees and some related insects.
New!!: Calluna and Honey · See more »
Honey extraction
Honey extraction is the central process in beekeeping of removing honey from honeycomb so that it is isolated in a pure liquid form.
New!!: Calluna and Honey extraction · See more »
Hops
Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart bitter, zesty, or citric flavours; though they are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine.
New!!: Calluna and Hops · See more »
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
New!!: Calluna and Iceland · See more »
Invasive species
An invasive species is a species that is not native to a specific location (an introduced species), and that has a tendency to spread to a degree believed to cause damage to the environment, human economy or human health.
New!!: Calluna and Invasive species · See more »
Islay
Islay (Ìle) is the southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
New!!: Calluna and Islay · See more »
Kidnapped (novel)
Kidnapped is a historical fiction adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, written as a boys' novel and first published in the magazine Young Folks from May to July 1886.
New!!: Calluna and Kidnapped (novel) · See more »
Larva
A larva (plural: larvae) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults.
New!!: Calluna and Larva · See more »
Latin
Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
New!!: Calluna and Latin · See more »
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).
New!!: Calluna and Lepidoptera · See more »
List of Lepidoptera that feed on Calluna
Heather (Calluna vulgaris) is used as a food plant by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species, including.
New!!: Calluna and List of Lepidoptera that feed on Calluna · See more »
Lochmaea suturalis
Lochmaea suturalis, commonly referred to as the heather beetle, is a beetle of the genus Lochmaea native to north-west Europe.
New!!: Calluna and Lochmaea suturalis · See more »
Malt
Malt is germinated cereal grains that have been dried in a process known as "malting".
New!!: Calluna and Malt · See more »
Mass trespass of Kinder Scout
The mass trespass of Kinder Scout, also called the Kinder mass trespass, was a notable act of wilful trespass by ramblers.
New!!: Calluna and Mass trespass of Kinder Scout · See more »
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.
New!!: Calluna and Middle Ages · See more »
Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.
New!!: Calluna and Moorland · See more »
Nan Shepherd
Nan (Anna) Shepherd (11 February 1893 – 23 February 1981) was a Scottish Modernist writer and poet.
New!!: Calluna and Nan Shepherd · See more »
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Calluna and New Zealand · See more »
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.
New!!: Calluna and Newcastle upon Tyne · See more »
North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.
New!!: Calluna and North America · See more »
Oak
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus (Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae.
New!!: Calluna and Oak · See more »
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as houseplants, for cut flowers and specimen display.
New!!: Calluna and Ornamental plant · See more »
Pedanius Dioscorides
Pedanius Dioscorides (Πεδάνιος Διοσκουρίδης, Pedianos Dioskorides; 40 – 90 AD) was a Greek physician, pharmacologist, botanist, and author of De Materia Medica (Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς, On Medical Material) —a 5-volume Greek encyclopedia about herbal medicine and related medicinal substances (a pharmacopeia), that was widely read for more than 1,500 years.
New!!: Calluna and Pedanius Dioscorides · See more »
Perennial plant
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.
New!!: Calluna and Perennial plant · See more »
Petal
Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers.
New!!: Calluna and Petal · See more »
Pine
A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.
New!!: Calluna and Pine · See more »
Poland
Poland (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country located in Central Europe.
New!!: Calluna and Poland · See more »
Polish language
Polish (język polski or simply polski) is a West Slavic language spoken primarily in Poland and is the native language of the Poles.
New!!: Calluna and Polish language · See more »
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.
New!!: Calluna and Queen Victoria · See more »
Red grouse
The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica, is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.
New!!: Calluna and Red grouse · See more »
Richard Anthony Salisbury
Richard Anthony Salisbury, FRS (born Richard Anthony Markham; 2 May 1761 – 23 March 1829) was a British botanist.
New!!: Calluna and Richard Anthony Salisbury · See more »
Robert E. Howard
Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres.
New!!: Calluna and Robert E. Howard · See more »
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.
New!!: Calluna and Robert Louis Stevenson · See more »
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
New!!: Calluna and Royal Horticultural Society · See more »
Saturnia pavonia
Saturnia pavonia (small emperor moth) is a moth of the family Saturniidae.
New!!: Calluna and Saturnia pavonia · See more »
Scarborough Fair (ballad)
"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad (existing in more than one version) that hangs, in some versions at least, upon a possible visit by an unidentified person (the "third party") to the Yorkshire town of Scarborough.
New!!: Calluna and Scarborough Fair (ballad) · See more »
Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
New!!: Calluna and Scotland · See more »
Sepal
A sepal is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants).
New!!: Calluna and Sepal · See more »
Shrub
A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized woody plant.
New!!: Calluna and Shrub · See more »
The Manchester Rambler
"The Manchester Rambler", also known as "I'm a Rambler" and "The Rambler's Song", is a song written by the English folk singer Ewan MacColl.
New!!: Calluna and The Manchester Rambler · See more »
Thixotropy
Thixotropy is a time-dependent shear thinning property.
New!!: Calluna and Thixotropy · See more »
Thomas Pennant
Thomas Pennant (14 June OS 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian.
New!!: Calluna and Thomas Pennant · See more »
Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park is the oldest national park in New Zealand,Department of Conservation:, retrieved 21 April 2013 located in the central North Island.
New!!: Calluna and Tongariro National Park · See more »
William Purvis (Blind Willie)
William Purvis, probably better known as "Blind Willie" (1752–1832), was a Tyneside concert hall song writer and performer in England at the end of the 18th and start of the 19th century.
New!!: Calluna and William Purvis (Blind Willie) · See more »
Willow ptarmigan
The willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae.
New!!: Calluna and Willow ptarmigan · See more »
Redirects here:
Calluna vulgaris, Common Heather, Common heather, Lucky heather.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calluna
