| Family | CISTACEAE |
| Genus species | Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. |
| Bibliography | Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5 (1818) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-1400m |
| Description | leaves 2mm long, oval or oblong, densely imbricate, appresed, flowers sessile, numerous, ca. 7mm across, sepals obtuse |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hudsonia ericoides Richardson Hudsonia ericoides ssp. tomentosa (Nutt.) N.H.Nick. & J.T.Scog Hudsonia maritima Torr. ex Steud. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, NDA North Dakota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia) |