Hudsonia
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| Hudsonia tomentosa, Pancake Bay, Ontario | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Hudsonia L. |
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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 evergreen subshrubs growing to 20 cm tall.
| Scientific name | English name |
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| Hudsonia ericoides | |
| Hudsonia montana (syn. H. ericoides subsp. montana) | Golden Mountain Heather |
| Hudsonia tomentosa | Beach-heath |
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