Heaths
Heaths is a genus of roughly 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Around 690 of the species are endemic to South Africa. The remaining species are native to other parts of Africa, Madagascar, the Mediterranean, and Europe. Most of the species of heaths are small shrubs from 20 to 150 cm high, though some are taller. All are evergreen, with minute, needle-like leaves. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes borne in terminal umbels or spikes, and are usually outward or downward facing. The seeds are very small.