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Mountain goldenheather

Hudsonia montana

Also called Mountain Golden Heather

Mountain goldenheather
Photo: USFWS, Public domain

Mountain goldenheather is a rare, low-growing evergreen shrub in the rock-rose family, found only in two counties of western North Carolina and listed as threatened in the US. It is grown mainly by specialist native-plant or conservation gardeners, and it needs sun, sharp drainage and cool-summer conditions similar to its mountain home.

Family
Cistaceae (Cist family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid wet roots.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil; poor, rocky mineral soil suits it best.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C and from waterlogged winters.
How easy
Hard
Native range
W. North Carolina
Climate
temperate

About

Hudsonia montana is a rare species of flowering plant in the rock-rose family known by the common name mountain goldenheather. It is endemic to North Carolina, where it is present in only two counties. It is a federally listed threatened species of the United States.

This is a small shrub forming low bushes up to 30 or 40 centimeters tall. The spreading stems are covered in green, needle-like leaves and the plant blooms in bright yellow flowers in June and July.

Other Hudsonia plants

Pine barren goldenheather · Woolly beachheather · Goldenheather

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

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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