Biology:Hudsonia montana

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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Hudsonia montana
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Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
Species:
H. montana
Binomial name
Hudsonia montana

Hudsonia montana is a rare species of flowering plant in the rock-rose family known by the common name mountain goldenheather. It is endemic to North Carolina, where it is present in only two counties. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.

This is a small shrub forming low bushes up to 30 or 40 centimeters tall. The spreading stems are covered in green, needle-like leaves and the plant blooms in bright yellow flowers in June and July.[1]

The plant is known from Burke and McDowell Counties in North Carolina. There are seven populations.[2]

This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Hudsonia ericoides.[3]

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[4]

References

  1. Hudsonia montana. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. Hudsonia montana. Center for Plant Conservation.
  3. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Hudsonia ericoides subsp. montana | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?319964 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 21 January 2018 }}
  4. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books

Wikidata ☰ Q5929060 entry