The larvae feed on Erica cinerea.

Bell heather erica cinerea has brightly coloured flowers which are bigger than ling.

Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)

In Scotland only two exist; Erica cinerea and Erica tetralix .

Heather, Erica cinerea, "fraoch bhadain" with alum.

Erica cinerea (bell heather, or heather-bell) is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to western and central Europe.

On upland sites, dry heath predominates, characterised by heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea.

The heath is species poor with western gorse (Ulex gallii) and some bell heather (Erica cinerea), which becomes dominate on the southern side of the area.

The extensive areas of dry heath are dominated by ling Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and dwarf gorse Ulex minor.

Grasses year-round with an increase in the proportion of dwarf shrubs in winter (Calluna vulgaris, Erica cinerea, Erica arborea).

Species found on the heath include Cross Leaved Heather Erica tetralix, Bell Heather Erica cinerea and Ling.

H. paivae occurs in oak woodland and pine woods growing over Ulex, Erica cinerea and Cistus spp., as well as other shady habitats.

Heather and rhododendron garden - numerous heather and rhododendron species including Calluna vulgaris, Erica carnea, Erica cinerea, and Erica tetralix.

These are dominated by Heather Calluna vulgaris, Bell Heather Erica cinerea and Western Gorse Ulex gallii and often display the waved structure characteristic of exposure to saltladen winds.

The heaths are classified as a poor fit somewhere between H10 and H11 and the heather (Calluna vulgaris), bell heather (Erica cinerea) and bracken merge into pure bracken on the lower slopes.

They have a wide variety of foodplants; on heathland the favourites include Heather Calluna vulgaris, Bell Heather Erica cinerea, Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix and Gorses Ulex spp.

The distinction between E. tetralix and the related species Erica cinerea is that the linear leaves are usually glandular and in whorls of four, while in E. cinerea they are glabrous and borne in whorls of three.

In 1940 the highest land on St Helen's was covered in maritime heath with ling (Calluna vulgaris) and bell heather (Erica cinerea) which was destroyed by fires from incendiary bombs from German aircraft during World War II.

Hagerup, O. (1922) Om "Lobelia-Diagram" hos Erica cinerea L. (On "Lobelia diagram" by Erica cinerea L.) Botanisk Tidsskrift 38: 137-140.