Goldenheather

(Hudsonia)

Description

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 tall.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Violales
Family:Cistaceae
Genus:Hudsonia
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