{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | image = Erica galioides.jpg | genus = Erica | species = galioides | authority = Lam. |status = |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = |synonyms= ''Eleutherostemon galioides'' <small>(Lam.) Klotzsch</small> <br />''Eleutherostemon multiglandulosus'' <small>Klotzsch</small> <br />''Erica borbonica'' <small>Willd. ex Klotzsch</small> <br />''Erica multiglandulosa'' <small>Willd. ex Klotzsch</small> <br />''Erica ramosissima'' <small>Kunth ex Klotzsch</small> <br />''Erica viscaria'' <small>Bory ex Benth.</small> <br />''Philippia galioides'' <small>(Lam.) Benth.</small> <br />''Philippia intricata'' <small>Cordem.</small> <br />''Philippia multiglandulosa'' <small>(Klotzsch) Alm & T.C.E.Fr.</small> <br />''Philippia ramosissima'' <small>Benth.</small> <br />''Philippia viscosa'' <small>Benth.</small> <br />''Salaxis galioides'' <small>(Lam.) D.Dietr.</small> <br />''Salaxis ramosissima'' <small>(Benth.) D.Dietr.</small> <br />''Salaxis viscosa'' <small>(Benth.) D.Dietr.</small> |synonyms_ref= <ref name = potw>"''Erica galioides'' Lam.". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 29 August 2021. [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328753-1]</ref> }}
'''''Erica galioides''''' is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family (Ericaceae). It is endemic to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean.<ref name = potw/>
==Habitat== ''Erica galioides'' is the found above the treeline in the mountains of Réunion. It is present in subalpine dry ericaceous shrubland from 2200 to 2700 meters elevation, with ''Erica reunionensis, Agarista buxifolia, Stoebe passerinoides, Hypericum lanceolatum, Phylica nitida, Sophora denudata, Senecio hubertia, S. squamosus, Psiadia argentea, P. callocephala, P. anchusaefolia, Costularia melicoides, Festuca borbonica'', and ''Agrostis salaziensis'', and in alpine open dwarf scrub and semi-desert from 2700 to 3000 meters elevation with ''Stoebe passerinoides, Festuca borbonica, Poa borbonica, Agrostis salaziensis, Pennisetum caffrum'', and ''Grimmia'' spp.<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>
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galioides Category:Endemic flora of Réunion