PLANTS Profile for Hudsonia ericoides (pine barren goldenheather)

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PLANTS Profile

Hudsonia ericoides L.
pine barren goldenheather

Symbol:

HUER

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Hudsonia ericoides L.

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Synonyms:
Hudsonia ericoides L.

HUERA

Hudsonia ericoides L. ssp. andersonii Nickerson & Skog

Distribution:
Hudsonia ericoides L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VT), CAN (NF, NS, PE), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Hudsonia ericoides L.

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 3 species in Hudsonia

Classification:
Hudsonia ericoides L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cistaceae – Rock-rose family
Genus	Hudsonia L. – goldenheather
Species	Hudsonia ericoides L. – pine barren goldenheather

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hudsonia ericoides L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
golden-heather		Endangered
New Hampshire:
golden-heather		Threatened
Rhode Island:
golden heather		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Hudsonia ericoides L.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22275.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/21/2008 10:41 PM MDT