Flora of North America species comparison

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Elmera racemosa

elmera, fuzzy elmera, hairy elmera, small spike-rush, yellow coralbells
Leaves

stipules brownish, 2–5 mm, membranous;

petiole 2–10 cm;

blade 1–3 cm.
Inflorescences

not secund, 10–35 cm;

bracts stipitate-glandular.
Flowers

hypanthium campanulate, 5–9 mm, densely short to medium stipitate-glandular;

sepals triangular to oblong, 1–4 mm, apex acute;

petals narrowly lanceolate to linear, usually 4–7-lobed, rarely ± unlobed, 3–5 mm;

stamens included;

styles included, 1–2.5 mm.
Capsules

brown, widely ovoid.
Seeds

125–150.
2n

= 14.

Elmera racemosa
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Rocky ledges, cliffs, alpine open slopes, talus slopes
Elevation 1500-2800 m (4900-9200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA; BC
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Discussion

Elmera racemosa is found at and above timberline in the Cascades of southwestern British Columbia, in the Okanogan and Cascade ranges, on the Olympic Peninsula, Mount Rainier, and Mount Adams in Washington, and in the Oregon Cascades south to northern Klamath County and adjacent Douglas County. It is occasionally cultivated.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 106.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Elmera
Synonyms Heuchera racemosa, E. racemosa var. puberulenta
Name authority (S. Watson) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 97. (1905)
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