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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Mountain Golden-heather at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hudsonia montana
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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
2843
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare, endemic to western NC
Look for it in 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 further south in McDowell County, NC, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Dry
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!
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p154
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p286
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p160