Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Hudsonia ericoides L. |
Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 1: 74 (1767) |
Native Range | e. Canada to e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 0-300m |
Description | leaves 6-12mm long, subulate, weakly villose, flowers ca. 8mm across, thinly pedicellate, in small terminal cluster |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | 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 ssp. andersonii N.H.Nick. & J.T.Skog Hudsonia ericoides ssp. intermedia (M.Peck) N.H.Nick. & J.T.Skog Hudsonia ericoides f. leucantha Fernald Hudsonia intermedia (Peck) Erskine Hudsonia nuttallii Sweet Hudsonia tomentosa var. intermedia Peck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia) |