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pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather

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

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
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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
H. montana, H. tomentosa
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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