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Genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae This article is about plants. For the supercontinent, see Columbia (supercontinent). For the region of New York, see Hudson Valley.

Hudsonia
Hudsonia tomentosa, Pancake Bay, Ontario
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
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Species

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Hudsonia (goldenheather, poverty grass) is a small genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae, native to North America. They are typical of sand dune habitats.

They are evergreen subshrubs growing to 20 cm tall.

Species
Scientific name English name
Hudsonia ericoides Pine barren goldenheather
Hudsonia montana (syn. H. ericoides subsp. montana) Mountain goldenheather
Hudsonia tomentosa Woolly beachheather

See also

References

  1. USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database: Hudsonia ericoides L.
Taxon identifiers
Hudsonia


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