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Heuchera bracteata

bract alumroot, Rocky Mountain alumroot
Habit Herbs usually subcaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched.
Flowering stems

leafy, 6–28(–38) cm, short stipitate-glandular.
Leaves

petiole short to medium stipitate-glandular;

blade reniform or broadly ovate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 1.5–4 cm, base subcordate or truncate, lobes rounded, margins sharply dentate, apex often mucronate, surfaces short stipitate-glandular or sparsely long stipitate-glandular abaxially, short stipitate-glandular adaxially.
Inflorescences

dense, (secund).
Flowers

hypanthium weakly bilaterally symmetric, free 0.5–1.5 mm, greenish yellow, narrowly campanulate, 3–5 mm, short stipitate-glandular;

sepals erect, green-tipped, equal, 1–1.5 mm, apex rounded;

petals erect, green, oblanceolate, unlobed, 2 mm, margins entire;

stamens exserted 0.5–1 mm;

styles exserted 1 mm, 1.5–2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.
Capsules

ovoid, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.
Seeds

brownish black, nearly straight along 1 side, convex on other side, 0.7–0.8 mm.

Heuchera bracteata
Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Shaded rocky ledges and outcrops
Elevation 1700-3500 m (5600-11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CO; WY
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Discussion

Heuchera bracteata occurs in the Rocky Mountains and foothills of northern Colorado and southern Wyoming.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 97.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Heuchera
Sibling taxa
H. abramsii, H. alba, H. americana, 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
Synonyms Tiarella bracteata
Name authority (Torrey) Seringe: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 52. 1830 ,
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