Hudsonia ericoides
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photo courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Hudsonia ericoides |
| Common name: | pine barrens heather |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Growth type: | sub-shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 8" |
| Foliage: | alternate, needle-like, evergreen |
| Flower: | yellow, 3/8" across, 5 petals |
| Flowering 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: |  |
| Misc. | Hudsonia ericoides is not a true heather. |