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2. Hudsonia ericoides Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 327. 1767; Mant. Pl., 1: 74. 1767.
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Hudsonia ericoides subsp. andersonii N. H. Nickerson & J. E. Skog; H. ericoides subsp. intermedia (Peck) N. H. Nickerson & J. E. Skog; H. tomentosa Nuttall var. intermedia Peck

Plants to 30 cm. Leaves weakly spreading; blade acerose to subulate, 2–7 mm, surfaces sericeous, glabrescent. Pedicels mostly 4–10(–16) mm. Flowers: sepal apices acute to acuminate; petals usually yellow, sometimes white; ovaries proximally glabrous or glabrescent, distally hairy. 2n = 20.

Flowering May–Jun(–Jul). Open, sandy sites, beaches, pine and pine-oak woods, granite outcrops; 0–300 m; St. Pierre and Miquelon; Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., P.E.I., Que.; Conn., Del., Maine, Md., Mass., N.H., N.J., N.Y., R.I., S.C., Vt., Va.


 

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