{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = | genus = Erica | species = comorensis | authority = (Engl.) Dorr & E.G.H.Oliv. (1999) |status = |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = |synonyms= ''Philippia comorensis'' <small>Engl. (1909)</small> |synonyms_ref= <ref name = potw>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1008483-1 ''Erica comorensis'' (Engl.) Dorr & E.G.H.Oliv.] ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 1 June 2023.</ref> }} '''''Erica comorensis''''' is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family (Ericaceae). It is endemic to the Comoro Islands in the Indian Ocean.<ref name = potw/> It grows from .5 to 2 meters high.<ref name="Leuschner">{{Cite journal |last=Leuschner |first=Christoph |date=1996 |title=Timberline and Alpine Vegetation on the Tropical and Warm-Temperate Oceanic Islands of the World: Elevation, Structure and Floristics |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20048667 |journal=Vegetatio |volume=123 |issue=2 |pages=193–206 |issn=0042-3106}}</ref>
''Erica comorensis'' is found at high elevations on Grand Comore, where it is the predominant species in the dry ericaceous scrubland from 1800 to 2200 meters elevation.<ref name = Leuschner/>
There is one recognized subspecies, ''Erica comorensis'' subsp. ''anjurensis'' <small>(Alm & T.C.E.Fr.) Dorr & E.G.H.Oliv.</small>.,<ref name = potw/> which is found on the island of Anjouan.<ref>Dorr L. J. & Oliver E.G.H. (1999). "New taxa, names, and combinations in Erica (Ericaceae-Ericoideae) From Madagascar and the Comoro Islands". ''Adansonia'' 1999 21 (1): 75-91.</ref>
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comorensis Category:Endemic flora of the Comoros Category:Plants described in 1909 Category:Taxa named by Adolf Engler