Hudsonia ericoides |
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pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather |
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Habit | Plants to 30 cm. |
Leaves | weakly spreading; blade acerose to subulate, 2–7 mm, surfaces sericeous, glabrescent. |
Pedicels | mostly 4–10(–16) mm. |
Flowers | sepal apices acute to acuminate; petals usually yellow, sometimes white; ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy. |
2n | = 20. |
Hudsonia ericoides |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun(–Jul). |
Habitat | Open, sandy sites, beaches, pine and pine-oak woods, granite outcrops |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; DE; MA; MD; ME; NH; NJ; NY; RI; SC; VA; VT; NF; NS; PE; QC; SPM
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Source | FNA vol. 6, p. 399. |
Parent taxa | Cistaceae > Hudsonia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | H. ericoides subsp. andersonii, H. ericoides subsp. intermedia, H. tomentosa var. intermedia |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 327. (1767): Mant. Pl. 1: 74. (1767) |
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