Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Hudsonia montana Nutt. |
Bibliography | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5 (1818) |
Native Range | w. North Carolina |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1200m |
Description | green, thinly tomentose, leaves appresed, filiform, imbricate, 5-7mm, flowers solitary, conspicuosly pedicellate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, petals obovate |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hudsonia ericoides ssp. montana (Nutt.) N.H.Nick. & J.T.Skog |
Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (NCA North Carolina) |