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Hudsonia montana Nuttall. Mountain Golden-Heather. Phen: Jun-early Jul; mid-Jul-Sep. Hab: 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 farther south in McDowell County, NC (Singecat Ridge). Dist: This species is endemic to w. NC; it is almost certainly a southern sibling of the more northern H. ericoides
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: As well as being a very narrowly distributed endemic, H. montana is endangered by fire suppression in its habitat.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA6, K1, K3, K4, RAB, S, S13, W, Morse (1979); = Hudsonia ericoides L. ssp. montana (Nutt.) N.H.Nick. & J.E.Skog – Skog & Nickerson (1972)
Links to other floras: = Hudsonia montana - FNA6
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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