Hudsonia

Hudsonia tomentosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia
Species: H. ericoides – H. montana – H. tomentosa
Nothospecies: H. × spectabilis

Name

Hudsonia L., Mant. Pl. 1: 11 (1767).

• Type species: H. ericoides L. (by monotypy)

Homonyms

• Hudsonia A.Rob. ex Lunan, Hort. Jamaic. 2: 310 (1814).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Subarctic America Northwest Territories. Regional: Western Canada Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Mantissa Plantarum. Generum editionis VI. et Specierum editionis II. [1]: 1–142 + index (2 pp.). Holmiae. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 2 (Regnum vegetabile): 736 + 15 pp. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. BHL. Reference page. 

Links

• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Hudsonia in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 Feb 17. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Hudsonia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 17. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Hudsonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Feb 17. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Hudsonia. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hudsonia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb 2022. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Goldenheather

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