Hudsonia tomentosa
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5. 1818.
Plants to 40 cm. Leaves usually appressed (to stems); blade mostly lanceolate-ovate, scalelike, 1–2 (–3+) mm, surfaces densely sericeous to tomentose. Pedicels 0–1 (–5) mm. Flowers: sepal apices rounded, sometimes mucronate, retuse, or 2-fid; petals yellow; ovaries glabrous or glabrescent. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat: Mostly open, sandy sites, beaches, dunes, swales, pine barrens, pine-oak woods
Elevation: 0–1400 m
Distribution
Alta., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Labr.), N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, R.I., S.C., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Some plants included here in Hudsonia tomentosa are intermediate to plants typical of H. ericoides for some traits. They may be hybrids or backcrosses.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.