Heuchera abramsii |
Heuchera alba |
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Abrams' alumroot, San Gabriel alum-root |
white alumroot |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. |
Flowering stems | 6–15 cm, short stipitate-glandular. |
often leafy, 26–77 cm, short stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | petiole glabrous or short stipitate-glandular and scattered medium stipitate-glandular; blade ovate, deeply 5-lobed, 0.5–2 cm, base truncate or shallowly cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular abaxially, sparsely long stipitate-glandular adaxially. |
petiole glabrous or short stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate to cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, 4.5–9 cm, base cordate or nearly truncate, lobes rounded to widely ovate, margins dentate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely stipitate-glandular, at least on veins. |
Inflorescences | dense. |
diffuse. |
Flowers | hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 1.5–2 mm on adaxial side, reddish purple, cylindric, 4–5 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, medium stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green-tipped, unequal, 1.2–1.5 mm, apex obtuse or rounded; petals spreading, white, spatulate or oblanceolate, rarely linear, unlobed, 1.5–2.5 mm (equaling or longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens barely included to 1.5 mm exserted; styles exserted 1.5–2 mm, 2.5–3 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
hypanthium moderately bilaterally symmetric, free 3.5–4.5 mm, green, campanulate, abruptly inflated distal to adnation to ovary, 7.5–11 mm, short stipitate-glandular; sepals spreading, green-tipped, equal, 3–4 mm, apex rounded (sinuses narrower than petals); petals inflexed, white, broadly spatulate, unlobed, 2.8–3.5 mm, margins fimbriate; stamens 2 mm included to 2 mm exserted; styles included 0.5–1 mm, 4–6 mm, to 0.1 mm diam. |
Capsules | ovoid, 3.5–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 9–10 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm. |
dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6–1 mm. |
Heuchera abramsii |
Heuchera alba |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Rocky soil in red fir forest | Shaded or exposed sandstone rock outcroppings, ridges, and peaks |
Elevation | 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft) | 1300-1500 m (4300-4900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
VA; WV |
Discussion | Heuchera abramsii occurs in the San Antonio Mountains and the eastern part of the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties. It closely resembles H. brevistaminea, H. caespitosa, H. elegans, and H. pulchella. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Heuchera alba occurs on sandstone ridges in the Ridge and Valley Province. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 99. | FNA vol. 8, p. 96. |
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Name authority | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. 1905 , | Rydberg: Torreya 26: 31, plate 2. (1926) |
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