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Hudsonia montana

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Hudsonia montana

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
Species:
H. montana
Binomial name
Hudsonia montana

Hudsonia montana is a rare species of flowering plant in the rock-rose family known by the common name mountain goldenheather. It is endemic to North Carolina, where it is present in only two counties. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.

This is a small shrub forming low bushes up to 30 or 40 centimeters tall. The spreading stems are covered in green, needle-like leaves and the plant blooms in bright yellow flowers in June and July.[1]

The plant is known from Burke and McDowell Counties in North Carolina. There are seven populations.[2]

This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of Hudsonia ericoides.[3]

The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Hudsonia montana. The Nature Conservancy.
  2. ^ Hudsonia montana. Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
  3. ^ "Hudsonia ericoides subsp. montana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books