Ericaceae

Ericaceae, commonly called the heath or heather family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales comprising about 4,250 species across 124 genera, making it the fourteenth most species rich family of flowering plants. Its members typically thrive in acidic, infertile soils, are mostly evergreen with simple leaves lacking stipules, and bear hermaphrodite flowers with fused petals ranging from narrowly tubular to widely urn shaped, with anthers that open by pores rather than slits. The family includes economically important plants such as cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, and rhododendron, including azaleas.