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Golden-Heather (Hudsonia)

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Golden-Heather Genus Details

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Golden heather requires moist, sandy, acidic soil to grow well. It is found in the eastern parts of North America. It is a twiggy, moundlike evergreen shrub with supple, green, scalelike leaves covered with a fine down. Yellow flowers, borne along the length of the twigs, appear in May and June.
Pine-Barren Golden-Heather (Hudsonia ericoides).
Pine-Barren Golden-Heather (Hudsonia ericoides).

Golden-Heather Allergy Info

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Little or no allergenicity has been reported.

Golden-Heather Pollen Description

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Pollen grains are prolate; the amb triangular with convex sides and 3-colporate. The colpi are long and narrow with thickened margins and a faintly demarked ora. The sexine is finely reticulate with small lumina.
The grains are 34-42 x 23-24 micrometers.

Species in This Genus

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Allergenicity Legend:
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Golden-Heather (Hudsonia) is a genus of the CISTACEAE family.
This genus includes the following allergenic species:

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Golden-Heather Genus Location

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The shaded areas on the map indicates where the genus has been observed in the United States. Click the map to see a full scale version of these allergy areas.
  - Native, observed in a county
  - Introduced, observed in a county
  - Rarely observed

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