PLANTS Profile for Hudsonia tomentosa (woolly beachheather)

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PLANTS Profile

Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.
woolly beachheather

Symbol:

HUTO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

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Distribution:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 3 species in Hudsonia or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Hudsonia tomentosa var. intermedia
sand goldenheather

Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa
woolly beachheather

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

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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 tomentosa Nutt. – woolly beachheather

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

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:
false beach-heather		Threatened
Illinois:
false heather		Endangered
Indiana:
sand-heather		Threatened
Iowa:
poverty grass		Endangered
New Hampshire:
hairy hudsonia		Threatened
Ohio:
beach-heather		Presumed Extirpated
Vermont:
beach heather		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22274.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/25/2008 07:27 AM MDT