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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot

Laguna Mountain alumroot, Laguna Mountains alum-root, Mt. Laguna alumroot

Habit Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched.
Flowering stems

8–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular, viscid.

20–30 cm, sparsely long 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 sparsely short to long stipitate-glandular;

blade orbiculate or reniform, shallowly 5-lobed, 1.5–4 cm, base shallowly cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces sparsely long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, glabrous or long stipitate-glandular adaxially.

Inflorescences

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 1.5–2.2 mm on adaxial side, deep rose-purple, cylindric, 4–5 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, long stipitate-glandular distally;

sepals spreading, green- and darker red-tipped, equal, 1.3–1.4 mm, apex rounded;

petals spreading, white, broadly oblanceolate, unlobed, 4–5 mm (much longer than sepals), margins entire;

stamens included 1 mm;

styles included 1–2 mm, 1.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 3 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

Seeds

black, fusiform, rounded at 1 end, acute at other, ca. 0.9 mm.

dark brown, ellipsoid, ca. 0.7 mm.

Inflorescenses

moderately diffuse.

Heuchera parishii

Heuchera brevistaminea

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest Rocky slopes in montane chaparral, yellow pine forests
Elevation 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) 1500-1900 m (4900-6200 ft)
Distribution
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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.)

Of conservation concern.

Heuchera brevistaminea occurs in the Laguna Mountains, San Diego County. It closely resembles H. abramsii, H. caespitosa, H. elegans, and H. pulchella.

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

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 98. FNA vol. 8, p. 99.
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. glomerulata, H. grossulariifolia, H. hallii, H. hirsutissima, H. longiflora, H. maxima, H. merriamii, H. micrantha, H. novamexicana, 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. 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 H. alpestris
Name authority Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. (1905) Wiggins: Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 100, plate 8. 1929 ,
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