Cistaceae Hudsonia montana is a low, decumbent, perennial sub-shrub of ericoid habitat. They are intricately branched, with alternate, acicular leaves 3-7 mm long. The solitary yellow flowers are pedicellate at the ends of short spur shoots or terminating normal branches. The calyx is 6-7 mm long, with the lobes being lanceolate and villous.
Petals are approximately the same length as the calyx.
The only known synonym for H. montana is H. ericoides spp. The type specimen is located in the herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The species has this status wherever found including the State of North Carolina. North Carolina Plant Protection and Conservation Act, 1980. General Statutes of North Carolina.