Heuchera abramsii |
Heuchera villosa |
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Abrams' alumroot, San Gabriel alum-root |
hairy alum-root, maple-leaf alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. | ||||
Flowering stems | 6–15 cm, short stipitate-glandular. |
10–85 cm, long stipitate-glandular. |
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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. |
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Inflorescences | dense. |
dense to diffuse. |
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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. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 3.5–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 3–6.4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
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Seeds | dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm. |
dark brown, fusiform, 0.5–0.9 mm. |
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Heuchera abramsii |
Heuchera villosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||
Habitat | Rocky soil in red fir forest | |||||
Elevation | 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
CA |
AL; AR; GA; IN; KY; MO; MS; NC; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 99. | FNA vol. 8, p. 89. | ||||
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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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