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Goldenheather

Hudsonia

Also called Beach Heather, Golden Heather

Goldenheather
Photo: Fungus Guy, Public domain
Family
Cistaceae (Cist family)
Grows as
Grass

About

Hudsonia (goldenheather, poverty grass) is a small genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae, native to North America. They are typical of sand dune habitats.

They are evergreen subshrubs growing to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall.

Other Hudsonia plants

Pine barren goldenheather · Mountain goldenheather · Woolly beachheather

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hudsonia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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