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| Photo
by Renee Brecht |
Britton and Brown. See
credits below.** |
| Botanical name: |
Hudsonia ericoides L. |
| Common
name: |
pine barrens heather |
| Synonomy: |
Hudsonia ericoides L. ssp. andersonii Nickerson & Skog |
| Group: |
Dicot |
| Family: |
Cistaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
Subshrub; shrub |
| Duration: |
Perennial |
| Origin: |
Native |
| Plant
height: |
4-8" |
| Foliage: |
alternate, needle-like, evergreen |
| Flower
color: |
yellow |
| Flower
size: |
3/8" across |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
May to July |
| Habitat: |
dry sand of pinelands, upper beaches |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
pine barrens; infrequent elsewhere on the Coastal Plain |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution |
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| Misc.: |
Hudsonia ericoides is not a true heather. |
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A.
Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United
States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 537. |
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