Flora of North America species comparison

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Hudsonia ericoides

Hudsonia tomentosa

pine barren goldenheather, pine-barren false heather

hudsonie tomenteuse, sand false heather, sand golden-heather, sand-heather, woolly beach-heather
Habit Plants to 30 cm. Plants to 40 cm.
Leaves

weakly spreading;

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

usually appressed (to stems);

blade mostly lanceolate-ovate, scalelike, 1–2(–3+) mm, surfaces densely sericeous to tomentose.
Pedicels

mostly 4–10(–16) mm.

0–1(–5) mm.
Flowers

sepal apices acute to acuminate;

petals usually yellow, sometimes white;

ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy.

sepal apices rounded, sometimes mucronate, retuse, or 2-fid;

petals yellow;

ovaries glabrous or glabrescent.
2n

= 20.

= 20.

Hudsonia ericoides

Hudsonia tomentosa
Phenology Flowering May–Jun(–Jul). Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Open, sandy sites, beaches, pine and pine-oak woods, granite outcrops Mostly open, sandy sites, beaches, dunes, swales, pine barrens, pine-oak woods
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) 0–1400 m (0–4600 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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CT; DE; IA; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; ND; NH; NJ; NY; OH; RI; SC; VA; VT; WI; WV; AB; LB; MB; NB; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK
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Discussion

Some plants included here in Hudsonia tomentosa are intermediate to plants typical of H. ericoides for some traits. They may be hybrids or backcrosses.

(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. montana
Synonyms H. ericoides subsp. andersonii, H. ericoides subsp. intermedia, H. tomentosa var. intermedia H. ericoides subsp. tomentosa
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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