Heuchera abramsii
Heuchera novamexicana
Abrams' alumroot, San Gabriel alum-root
range alum-root
6–15 cm, short stipitate-glandular.
30–50 cm, short or long stipitate-glandular.
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 long stipitate-glandular;
blade reniform or rounded-cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, 2–6 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, glabrous or short stipitate-glandular adaxially.
dense.
dense.
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 radially symmetric, free 1–1.8 mm, cream or yellowish green, broadly campanulate, 3–5 mm, short stipitate-glandular;
sepals erect or incurved, green-tipped, equal, 0.6–1.2 mm, apex ovate;
petals usually erect, white, elliptic, (not clawed), unlobed, 0.5–1 mm, margins entire;
stamens included 0.5 mm; (filaments erect or incurved distally, equaling and not concealed by anthers);
styles included 0.5–1 mm, 0.5–1 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.
ovoid, 3.5–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.
ovoid, 5.5–6.5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.
dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm.
dark brown, asymmetrically ellipsoid or convex-fusiform, 0.5 mm.
= 14.
Heuchera abramsii
Heuchera novamexicana
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.)
Heuchera novamexicana occurs in the mountains of Arizona and New Mexico. Populations with glabrous petioles may be found in the Organ Mountains of New Mexico; elsewhere, long stipitate-glandular petioles are more common in the species.
The Navajo Indians took a decoction of roots of Heuchera novamexicana for internal pain. They applied a poultice of split roots to infected sores, swellings, and fractures, and used the plant as a panacea or “life medicine” (D. E. Moerman 1998).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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