Helianthemum canadense
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Photos, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Helianthemum canadense |
| Common name: | frostweed |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Growth type: | forb/herb; subshrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 6 - 24" |
| Foliage: | alternate leaved, strongly branched ascending |
| Flower: | yellow, solitary, terminal, 3/4-1" |
| Flowering time: | blooms late May to June; fruits early August to mid October |
| Habitat: | dry, sandy open ground of shaded wood edges |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide, most abundant in the Pine barrens |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | Flowers open only in sunlight and last only one day. Later in the season, the plant has numerous small flowers without petals. |