Flora of North America species comparison

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Hudsonia ericoides

Hudsonia montana

pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather

mountain goldenheather
Habit Plants to 30 cm. Plants to 20 cm.
Leaves

weakly spreading;

blade acerose to subulate, 2–7 mm, surfaces sericeous, glabrescent.

± spreading;

blade acerose to subulate, 5–6 mm, surfaces sparsely sericeous, glabrescent.
Pedicels

mostly 4–10(–16) mm.

4–7 mm.
Flowers

sepal apices acute to acuminate;

petals usually yellow, sometimes white;

ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy.

sepal apices acuminate to attenuate;

petals yellow;

ovaries hairy ± throughout.
2n

= 20.

= 20.

Hudsonia ericoides

Hudsonia montana
Phenology Flowering May–Jun(–Jul). Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat Open, sandy sites, beaches, pine and pine-oak woods, granite outcrops Openings among shrubs, barrens, rocks at cliff edges
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) 900–1200 m (3000–3900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; DE; MA; MD; ME; NH; NJ; NY; RI; SC; VA; VT; NF; NS; PE; QC; SPM
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from FNA
NC
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Hudsonia montana is known only from the vicinity of Table Mountain in western North Carolina.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 6, p. 399. FNA vol. 6, p. 399.
Parent taxa Cistaceae > Hudsonia Cistaceae > Hudsonia
Sibling taxa
H. montana, H. tomentosa
H. ericoides, H. tomentosa
Synonyms H. ericoides subsp. andersonii, H. ericoides subsp. intermedia, H. tomentosa var. intermedia H. ericoides subsp. montana
Name authority Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 2: 327. (1767): Mant. Pl. 1: 74. (1767) Nuttall: Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5. (1818)
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