Description: Evergreen shrub with a well-branched root system. The leaves are short, soft, with a pointed tip. The tiny flowers are pink, the petals are joined into a jug-shaped corolla. The stamens are easily spotted because they are darker in color than the petals. The fruit is a capsule.

Flowering time: March-May

Habitat: Rocky, underbush, dry grasslands

Interesting fact: The ancient Greeks believed that Autumn heather tea helped with gallstones.