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Hudsonia tomentosa Nuttall. Common name: Woolly Beach-Heather. Phenology: May-Jul; Aug-Sep. Habitat: Dunes, sand flats, blowouts (in DE, NC, VA), high elevation quartzitic sandstone outcrops (in WV). Distribution: NL (Labrador) west to MB and NT, south to WV (Panther Knob), WI, and MN, and south along the Atlantic Coast from ME to VA and ne. NC (where it reaches its southern limit in Dare County).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA6, G, GrPl, Mi, NE, POWO, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Va, WV, Morse (1979); = Hudsonia ericoides L. ssp. tomentosa (Nutt.) N.H.Nick. & J.E.Skog — Skog & Nickerson (1972); > Hudsonia ×intermedia (Peck) Erskine — Can, NSProv; > Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. — Can; > Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. intermedia Peck — F, Il, K4, NS; > Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa — F, Il, K4, NS. Basionym: Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. 1818

Links to other floras: = Hudsonia tomentosa - FNA6

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Low, evergreen, shrubby perennial forming dense, spreading mats on dunes, sand flats and blowouts (DE, NC, VA), and in high-elevation quartzitic sandstone outcrops (WV).

Stems: Stems somewhat woody, usually much-branched from below, grayish downy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded and pressed against the stem, scalelike to needle-shaped, 1/8 in. long, grayish, densely wooly.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers sessile (or on tiny stalks) and densely packed, along with leafy bracts, on the branches; bright yellow; 1/4-3/8 in. wide; with 5 oval petals and many (9-18) stamens surrounding a single pistil in the center.

Fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.

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Height: 4-8 in.

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description: Low, evergreen, shrubby perennial forming dense, spreading mats on dunes, sand flats and blowouts (DE, NC, VA), and in high-elevation quartzitic sandstone outcrops (WV).

stems: Stems somewhat woody, usually much-branched from below, grayish downy.

leaves: Leaves alternate, crowded and pressed against the stem, scalelike to needle-shaped, 1/8 in. long, grayish, densely wooly.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers sessile (or on tiny stalks) and densely packed, along with leafy bracts, on the branches; bright yellow; 1/4-3/8 in. wide; with 5 oval petals and many (9-18) stamens surrounding a single pistil in the center.

fruits: Fruit a tiny, oval capsule.

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