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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia ericoides
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia ericoides
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hudsonia ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)
Hudsonia ericoides ssp. ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-003:
Hudsonia ericoides FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hudsonia ericoides
COMMON NAME:
Northern Golden-heather
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_huer_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hudsonia_ericoides1
April Chesterfield County SC
Low, spreading, freely branched shrub, rarely more than 12-16" tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_hudsonia_ericoides2
April Chesterfield County SC
Leaves crowded, needlelike. Flowers solitary at spur shoot or branch ends, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia ericoides
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia ericoides
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hudsonia ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)
Hudsonia ericoides ssp. ericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-003:
Hudsonia ericoides
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hudsonia ericoides
2559
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy flats in longleaf pine sandhills (SC) or Coastal Plain pitch pine barrens (DE, NJ, NY), per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - needle-like
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p236
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p288
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p200
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p098
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p160
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