OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hudsonia tomentosa var. intermedia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hudsonia tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)

Hudsonia ericoides ssp. tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-001:

Hudsonia tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Hudsonia tomentosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Woolly Beach-heather


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image of Hudsonia tomentosa, Woolly Beach-heather

Alan S. Weakley    asw_695576415448852

January    Dare County    NC

Jockeys Ridge State Park

image of Hudsonia tomentosa, Woolly Beach-heather

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_tomentosa_5599

May    Currituck County    NC

A densely hairy, short, matlike shrub, rarely over 3dm high, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Hudsonia tomentosa, Woolly Beach-heather

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_tomentosa_5605

May    Currituck County    NC

Flowers solitary, sessile at the ends of short spur shoots, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Hudsonia tomentosa, Woolly Beach-heather

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_h_tomentosa_5607

May    Currituck County    NC

Leaves about 2mm long, scalelike, appressed to twig, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hudsonia tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia tomentosa var. intermedia

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hudsonia tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Variation and speciation in the genus Hudsonia (Skog & Nickerson, 1972)
Hudsonia ericoides ssp. tomentosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-01-001:
Hudsonia tomentosa   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hudsonia tomentosa

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3073

Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial

Habitat: dunes, sand flats, blowouts (in DE, NC, VA), high elevation quartzitic sandstone outcrops (in WV), per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - scale-like
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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