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false heather

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Noun1.false heatherfalse heather - North American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers
golden heather, Hudsonia ericoides
genus Hudsonia, Hudsonia - small evergreen subshrubs of North America
subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base


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This plant is also known as false heather due to its superficial resemblance to the true heathers, which are in a completely different botanical group.
THE CHARM OF MEXICAN HEATHER by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Cuphea hyssopifolia, or false heather, is a small mounding plant with magenta flowers.
GARDENING : SPLASH OF COLOR WELCOME DURING COLD, GRAY MONTHS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Growing harmoniously in partial shade are sages, sword ferns and false heather (Cuphea hyssopifolia), as well as the exquisite ``Black Beauty'' heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), which has dark violet flowers and blackish purple leaves.
GARDENING : AUTHORS' 20-MINUTE LIMIT RAISES THORNY ISSUE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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