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Golden Heather

(Hudsonia ericoides)

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Hudsonia tomentosa

Golden Heather is similar in appearance and habitat to False Heather. However the scalelike leaves of False Heather are covered with a whitish down and are closely appressed to the stem. The flowers are mostly apical.

Golden Heather (Hudsonia ericoides)

Identification: Flowers yellow with 5 pointed petals, arising from the leaf axils. Leaves green, very small, but spreading outward. Plant occurs in bush-like clumps. Plant 4 to 8 inches in height.

Distribution: Found from the Maritime Provinces of Canada southward along the Atlantic Coast to South Carolina.

Habitat: Golden Heather is found primarily on sandy soil in pine barrens and on beach dunes.

Flowering period: May to July.

Golden Heather (Hudsonia ericoides)

Similar Species:

False Heather (Hudsonia tomentosa)

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