Christmas Heath

''Erica canaliculata'', the channelled heath or hairy grey heather, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to the East and West Capes of South Africa and naturalised in South Australia. It is an erect evergreen shrub, sometimes described as a tree heath . It grows to 2 m , with tiny dark green leaves and large sprays of pink or white flowers with prominent brown anthers in winter and spring.

The Latin specific epithet ''canaliculata'' means “with.. more