''Hudsonia montana'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the
rock-rose family known by the common name mountain goldenheather. It is
endemic
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to
North Carolina
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, 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.
[''Hudsonia montana''.]
The Nature Conservancy.
The plant is known from
Burke
Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...
and
McDowell Counties in North Carolina. There are seven populations.
[''Hudsonia montana''.]
Center for Plant Conservation.
This species is sometimes considered a subspecies of ''
Hudsonia ericoides''.
The Latin
specific epithet ''montana'' refers to mountains or coming from mountains.
[Archibald William Smith ]
References
Cistaceae
Flora of North Carolina
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