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Abrams' alumroot, San Gabriel alum-root

hairy alum-root, maple-leaf alum-root

Habit Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. Herbs caulescent; caudex branched.
Flowering stems

6–15 cm, short stipitate-glandular.

10–85 cm, long 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 long stipitate-glandular;

blade rounded-cordate, orbiculate, or oblong, often ± polygonal, deeply (5–)7–9+-lobed, 3–26 cm, base cordate to nearly truncate, lobes ovate to triangular, margins dentate to serrate, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or long stipitate-glandular.

Inflorescences

dense.

dense to 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 radially symmetric, free 0.2–0.5 mm, white or pink, obconic or subglobose, 1.5–3.6 mm, usually long stipitate-glandular, sometimes sparsely long-stipitate or glabrous;

sepals erect, green-tipped, equal, 0.5–1.7 mm, apex rounded;

petals often coiled, sometimes reflexed, white, linear, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, unlobed, 1–3 mm, margins entire;

stamens exserted 2–2.5 mm;

styles exserted 1.5–2.5 mm, 2–4 mm, to 0.1 mm diam.

Capsules

ovoid, 3.5–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

ovoid, 3–6.4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

Seeds

dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm.

dark brown, fusiform, 0.5–0.9 mm.

Heuchera abramsii

Heuchera villosa

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Rocky soil in red fir forest
Elevation 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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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.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Inflorescences dense to diffuse, internodes in floral branchlets 0.7-3 mm; pedicels 0.9-3 mm; hypanthia obconic or subglobose, long stipitate-glandular; petals 0.1-0.2 mm wide; e of the Prairies.
var. villosa
1. Inflorescences dense, internodes in floral branchlets 0.3-1 mm; pedicels 0.2-0.9 mm; hypanthia subglobose, glabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular; petals 0.2-0.4 mm wide; Arkansas.
var. arkansana
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 99. FNA vol. 8, p. 89.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Heuchera Saxifragaceae > Heuchera
Sibling taxa
H. alba, H. americana, H. bracteata, H. brevistaminea, H. caespitosa, H. caroliniana, H. chlorantha, H. cylindrica, H. eastwoodiae, H. elegans, H. glabra, H. glomerulata, H. grossulariifolia, H. hallii, H. hirsutissima, H. longiflora, H. maxima, H. merriamii, H. micrantha, H. novamexicana, H. parishii, H. parviflora, H. parvifolia, H. pilosissima, H. pubescens, H. pulchella, H. richardsonii, H. rubescens, H. sanguinea, H. villosa, H. wootonii
H. abramsii, H. alba, H. americana, H. bracteata, H. brevistaminea, H. caespitosa, H. caroliniana, H. chlorantha, H. cylindrica, H. eastwoodiae, H. elegans, H. glabra, H. glomerulata, H. grossulariifolia, H. hallii, H. hirsutissima, H. longiflora, H. maxima, H. merriamii, H. micrantha, H. novamexicana, H. parishii, H. parviflora, H. parvifolia, H. pilosissima, H. pubescens, H. pulchella, H. richardsonii, H. rubescens, H. sanguinea, H. wootonii
Subordinate taxa
H. villosa var. arkansana, H. villosa var. villosa
Name authority Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. 1905 , Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 172. 1803 ,
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