| Description | A native shrub found growing on sand dunes. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, sand |
| Flowers | yellow, remain open only in the morning |
| Fruit | dry and splits open when ripe |
| Leaves | evergreen, pressed on the stem, covered with hair, giving the grayish cast |
| Stems | spreads over the sand by rooting branches |
| Dimensions | ever expanding |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Misc Facts | Named for William Houston, early English botanist. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen large plants growing on the sandy shores of Lake Superior. It looks a lot like Juniper, and at first that is what I thought it was. Until closer observations and a bit of keying out, I found I was in correct. |
| Notes & Reference | #218-Flora of Wisconsin (wisflora.herbarium.wisc.edu), #191-Minnesota Wild Flowers (www.minnesotawildflowers.info) |
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