Hudsonia montana

Nuttall

Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 5. 1818.

Conservation concernEndemic
Synonyms: Hudsonia ericoides subsp. montana (Nuttall) N. H. Nickerson & J. E. Skog
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 399. Mentioned on page 398.
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Plants to 20 cm. Leaves ± spreading; blade acerose to subulate, 5–6 mm, surfaces sparsely sericeous, glabrescent. Pedicels 4–7 mm. Flowers: sepal apices acuminate to attenuate; petals yellow; ovaries hairy ± throughout. 2n = 20.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Openings among shrubs, barrens, rocks at cliff edges
Elevation: 900–1200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Hudsonia montana is known only from the vicinity of Table Mountain in western North Carolina.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Hudsonia montana"
John L. Strother +
Nuttall +
connate +
acerose +  and subulate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
900–1200 m +
loculicidal +
Openings among shrubs, barrens, rocks at cliff edges +
umbellate +, thyrsiform +  and cymose +
racemose +, paniculate +  and corymbose +
undulate +  and revolute +
6-12-carpellate +, 5-carpellate +, 3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
orthotropous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
crumpled +  and imbricate +
distinct +
Flowering Jun–Jul. +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
persistent +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
3-toothed +
sessile +  and petiolate +
glabrescent +  and sericeous +
Hudsonia ericoides subsp. montana +
Hudsonia montana +
Hudsonia +
species +
wider than high +