Calluna vulgaris shine sunan kimiyya ga heather gama gari, ɗan ƙaramin shrub wanda ya fito daga Turai, Arewacin Afirka, da sassan Asiya. Kalmar "Calluna" ta fito ne daga kalmar Helenanci "kallunein," wanda ke nufin "don sharewa," saboda an yi amfani da rassan shuka don yin tsintsiya. Kalmar "vulgaris" ita ce Latin don "na kowa," yana nufin yaduwar yaduwar shuka. Saboda haka, ma'anar ƙamus na "Calluna vulgaris" shine kawai sunan Botanical don tsire-tsire na gama gari.