PLANTS Profile for Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa (woolly beachheather)

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PLANTS Profile

Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa
woolly beachheather

Symbol:

HUTOT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

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Synonyms:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

HUERT

Hudsonia ericoides L. ssp. tomentosa (Nutt.) Nickerson & Skog

Distribution:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa


View Native Status

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, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 3 species in Hudsonia, 2 varieties in Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

Classification:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

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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
Variety	Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa – woolly beachheather

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

The related entities italicized and indented below are 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:
Hudsonia tomentosa
false beach-heather		Threatened
Illinois:
Hudsonia tomentosa
false heather		Endangered
Indiana:
Hudsonia tomentosa
sand-heather		Threatened
Iowa:
Hudsonia tomentosa
poverty grass		Endangered
New Hampshire:
Hudsonia tomentosa
hairy hudsonia		Threatened
Ohio:
Hudsonia tomentosa
beach-heather		Presumed Extirpated
Vermont:
Hudsonia tomentosa
beach heather		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt. var. tomentosa

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528496.

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

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:50 AM CDT