Cistaceae

Woolly beachheather

Hudsonia tomentosa Nutt.

Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Hudsonia

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Woolly beachheather: Hudsonia tomentosa (beach heath), Pancake Bay Provincial Park, Ontario. — Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Woolly beachheather
French: Hudsonie tomenteuse

Synonyms

Hudsonia ericoides Richardson
Hudsonia ericoides subsp. tomentosa (Nutt.) N.H.Nick. & J.T.Skog
Hudsonia maritima Torr. ex Steud.
Hudsonia tomentosa var. tomentosa

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fungus Guy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.