Hudsonia ericoides
Hudsonia
pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather
goldenheather
weakly spreading;
blade acerose to subulate, 2–7 mm, surfaces sericeous, glabrescent.
alternate, sessile;
blade 1-veined from base, acerose to subulate or scalelike, margins sometimes ± revolute, surfaces glabrescent or hairy, hairs usually simple, not stellate.
solitary flowers.
mostly 4–10(–16) mm.
present or absent;
bracts present or absent Flowers chasmogamous;
sepals persistent or tardily falling, 5;
petals 5, usually yellow, sometimes white;
stamens 8–30+;
filaments distinct or bases weakly connate;
carpels 3;
styles 1;
stigmas 1, minutely 3-toothed.
sepal apices acute to acuminate;
petals usually yellow, sometimes white;
ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy.
3-valved.
3–6 per capsule.
= 10.
= 20.
Hudsonia ericoides
Hudsonia
Species 3 (3 in the flora).
Species of Hudsonia are wiry shrubs or shrublets with crowded, acerose to subulate, or scalelike, leaves and the aspect of diminutive gymnosperms or overgrown mosses; they sometimes form relatively extensive stands.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Leaf blades mostly lanceolate-ovate, (scalelike), 1–2(–3+) mm; leaves usually appressed (to stems); pedicels 0–1(–5) mm; ovaries glabrous or glabrescent. | H. tomentosa |
1. Leaf blades acerose to subulate, 2–7 mm; leaves weakly spreading; pedicels mostly 4–10(–16) mm; ovaries usually hairy | → 2 |
2. Sepal apices acute to acuminate; ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy. | H. ericoides |
2. Sepal apices acuminate to attenuate; ovaries hairy ± throughout. | H. montana |
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