Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera bracteata |
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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot |
bract alumroot, Rocky Mountain alumroot |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs usually subcaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched. |
Flowering stems | 8–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
leafy, 6–28(–38) cm, short stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | 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. |
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). |
dense, (secund). |
Flowers | 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. |
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. |
ovoid, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | black, fusiform, rounded at 1 end, acute at other, ca. 0.9 mm. |
brownish black, nearly straight along 1 side, convex on other side, 0.7–0.8 mm. |
Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera bracteata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest | Shaded rocky ledges and outcrops |
Elevation | 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) | 1700-3500 m (5600-11500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CO; WY
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Discussion | Of conservation concern. Heuchera parishii occurs in the San Bernardino Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. 98. | FNA vol. 8, p. 97. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | H. alpestris | Tiarella bracteata |
Name authority | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. (1905) | (Torrey) Seringe: in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 4: 52. 1830 , |
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