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Chiricahua Mountain alum-root

White Mountain alum-root

Habit Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. Herbs, acaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched.
Flowering stems

25–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular.

4–60 cm, long stipitate-glandular.

Leaves

petiole short stipitate-glandular;

blade (purple abaxially, variegated adaxially), ovate to orbiculate, shallowly 5-lobed, 2.5–9 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular, long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular adaxially.

petiole long stipitate-glandular;

blade orbiculate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 4–7 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded to ovate, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces glaucous, long stipitate-glandular along veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially.

Inflorescences

dense, (interrupted).

dense.

Flowers

hypanthium radially symmetric, free 0.8–1.2 mm, yellowish green, campanulate, 3.5–5 mm, densely long stipitate-glandular mixed with short stipitate-glandular;

sepals erect or incurved at tip, green-tipped, equal, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute;

petals erect, white, narrowly oblanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 1.5–1.8 mm, margins entire;

stamens included 0.5 mm; (filaments strongly incurved, slender, shorter than and almost concealed by anthers);

styles included 1 mm, to 0.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.

hypanthium radially symmetic, free 0.5 mm, green, flat, saucer-shaped, 2–3 mm, short stipitate-glandular;

sepals reflexed, green-tipped, (triangular), equal, 0.5 mm, apex acute;

petals reflexed, white, widely elliptic, (clawed), unlobed, 1 mm, margins entire;

stamens included 0.5–0.8 mm, (incurved over stigmas);

styles included 1–1.5 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.

Capsules

ovoid, 4–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

oblong, ca. 6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

Seeds

black, fusiform, 0.5 mm.

dark brown, fusiform, 0.7 mm.

2n

= 14.

Heuchera glomerulata

Heuchera wootonii

Phenology Flowering May. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Shaded, rocky slopes Rocky slopes
Elevation 1300-2000 m (4300-6600 ft) 2100-3700 m (6900-12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; NM
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
NM
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Heuchera glomerulata occurs in the Chiricahua and Pinaleno mountains of southeastern Arizona and in New Mexico.

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

Heuchera wootonii occurs in the Sacramento and White mountains of south-central New Mexico. It resembles H. parvifolia.

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

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 103. FNA vol. 8, p. 104.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Heuchera Saxifragaceae > Heuchera
Sibling taxa
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. 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. villosa
Name authority Rosendahl: Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 155. (1936) Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 113. 1905 ,
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