Heuchera elegans |
Heuchera abramsii |
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urn-flower alum-root |
Abrams' alumroot, San Gabriel alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. |
Flowering stems | 10–40 cm, sparsely medium stipitate-glandular. |
6–15 cm, short stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade reniform or orbiculate, shallowly 5-lobed, 1.5–3.5 cm, base cordate or truncate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces 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. |
Inflorescences | dense. |
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Flowers | hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 3–3.5 mm on adaxial side, pink to purplish, narrowly cylindric or cylindric-urceolate, 4–7 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, densely long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green-tipped, unequal, 2 mm on adaxial side of hypanthium, apex obtuse or rounded; petals spreading, white, broadly oblanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 3–4 mm (longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 0.5 mm to exserted 0.5 mm; styles included to 2 mm, 1.5–2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
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. |
Capsules | urceolate, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 3.5–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.7 mm. |
dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6 mm. |
Inflorescenses | dense. |
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Heuchera elegans |
Heuchera abramsii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Rocky sites in yellow pine and red fir forests | Rocky soil in red fir forest |
Elevation | 1500-2600 m (4900-8500 ft) | 2800-3100 m (9200-10200 ft) |
Distribution |
CA |
CA |
Discussion | Heuchera elegans occurs in the mountains of southern California, chiefly in the San Gabriel Range in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties and vicinity. It resembles H. caespitosa. This group is in need of phylogenetic study. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 100. | FNA vol. 8, p. 99. |
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Name authority | Abrams: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 67. 1902 , | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. 1905 , |
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