Heuchera micrantha |
Heuchera parishii |
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alum root, crevice alum-root, small-flower alumroot |
Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot |
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| Habit | Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | ||||||||||||||||
| Flowering stems | 6–57 cm, short to long stipitate-glandular or glabrous, viscid. |
8–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
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| Leaves | petiole glabrous or sparsely to densely short to long stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate to polygonal, shallowly to deeply 5–7(–9)-lobed, 2.5–10 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex rounded or obtuse, surfaces glabrous or short to long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
petiole densely long stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate or reniform, deeply 5-lobed, 2–4 cm, base cordate or truncate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
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| Inflorescences | diffuse. |
dense, (secund). |
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| Flowers | hypanthium radially symmetric, free to 1.5 mm, greenish white, often tinged with red, obconic to hemispheric, broadly turbinate, or campanulate, 1–4.9 mm, long stipitate-glandular, sometimes short stipitate-glandular proximally; sepals spreading to nearly erect, green- or red-tipped, equal, 0.5–1.8 mm, apex rounded to acute or mucronate; petals often coiled, white or pale pink, oblanceolate, (narrowly clawed), unlobed, 1.6–3.3 mm (2–3 times as long as sepals), margins entire; stamens exserted to 3 mm; styles exserted to 2.5 mm, 0.2–4.2 mm, to 0.1 mm diam. |
hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 0.8 mm on abaxial side, 1.2–2 mm on adaxial side, weakly inflated, pink to reddish, narrowly campanulate, 3.5–6 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals erect, green-tipped, unequal, 0.5–1 mm on abaxial side, 1.5–2 mm on adaxial side, apex rounded; petals spreading, pink, narrowly oblanceolate, unlobed, (unequal, shorter on abaxial side, resembling filaments), 2–3 mm (equaling or longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens exserted 1.5 mm; styles exserted 0.5–1.5 mm, 1.5–2.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
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| Capsules | ovoid, 3–8.5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
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| Seeds | black, broadly ellipsoid, (not curved), 0.5–0.8 mm. |
black, fusiform, rounded at 1 end, acute at other, ca. 0.9 mm. |
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Heuchera micrantha |
Heuchera parishii |
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| Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | |||||||||||||||||
| Habitat | Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest | |||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 1500-3800 m [4900-12500 ft] | |||||||||||||||||
| Distribution |
CA; ID; OR; WA; BC
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CA
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| Discussion | Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). The Skagit Indians rubbed pounded plants of Heuchera micrantha on hair to make it grow and applied it to cuts. The Thompson Indians used a mashed poultice of this root mixed with Douglas fir pitch for wounds. Chewed leaves and roots were spat on sores or wounds. Infusions of roots were taken for liver trouble and sore throat. Small, peeled, cleaned root pieces were chewed for mouth sores and gum boils (D. E. Moerman 1998). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Heuchera parishii occurs in the San Bernardino Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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| Synonyms | H. alpestris | |||||||||||||||||
| Name authority | Douglas ex Lindley: Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 15: plate 1302. 1830 , | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. (1905) | ||||||||||||||||
| Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 91. | FNA vol. 8, p. 98. | ||||||||||||||||
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