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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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Read more about Mountain Golden-heather at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hudsonia montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)
Hudsonia ericoides ssp. montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-002:
Hudsonia montana FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hudsonia montana
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Golden-heather
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Keith Bradley kab_hudsonia_montana_0041
June Burke County NC
Pisgah National Forest
Lowgrowing subshrub w needle-like evergreen leaves & solitary yellow flowers, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hudsonia montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)
Hudsonia ericoides ssp. montana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-002:
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hudsonia montana
2843
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: Shallow sandy soils on ledges of quartzite or other felsic rocks in the Blue Ridge Escarpment, at various sites along the eastern side of Linville Gorge, Burke County, NC, and disjunct farther south in McDowell County, NC (Singecat Ridge), per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - needle-like
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p200
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p154
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p286
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p160
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