Hudsonia tomentosa

Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5. 1818.

EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Hudsonia ericoides subsp. tomentosa (Nuttall) N. H. Nickerson & J. E. Skog
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 399. Mentioned on page 393, 398.

Plants to 40 cm. Leaves usually appressed (to stems); blade mostly lanceolate-ovate, scalelike, 1–2(–3+) mm, surfaces densely sericeous to tomentose. Pedicels 0–1(–5) mm. Flowers: sepal apices rounded, sometimes mucronate, retuse, or 2-fid; petals yellow; ovaries glabrous or glabrescent. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Mostly open, sandy sites, beaches, dunes, swales, pine barrens, pine-oak woods
Elevation: 0–1400 m

Distribution

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Alta., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, R.I., S.C., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Some plants included here in Hudsonia tomentosa are intermediate to plants typical of H. ericoides for some traits. They may be hybrids or backcrosses.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Flowering May–Jul. +
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Hudsonia ericoides subsp. tomentosa +
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