Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera caespitosa |
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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot |
tuft alumroot, urn-flower alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. |
Flowering stems | 8–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
10–40 cm, 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 long stipitate-glandular; blade reniform or orbiculate, shallowly 5-lobed, 1–4 cm, base cordate or truncate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short or long stipitate-glandular. |
Inflorescences | dense, (secund). |
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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 strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 2–2.8 mm on adaxial side, pink to purplish, narrowly campanulate, widening at mouth, 4–7 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green-tipped, equal, 1–1.2 mm, apex rounded; petals spreading, white, oblanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 2–2.5 mm (longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 0.5 mm to exserted 0.5 mm; styles to 0.5 mm included, 1.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
Capsules | ovoid, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | black, fusiform, rounded at 1 end, acute at other, ca. 0.9 mm. |
dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.7 mm. |
Inflorescenses | moderately dense. |
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Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera caespitosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jun. |
Habitat | Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest | Shaded, rocky slopes |
Elevation | 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) | 1900-2300 m (6200-7500 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA
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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 caespitosa occurs in the western Transverse Ranges in Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare, and Ventura counties, and in the Outer South Coast Ranges, southern Sierra Nevada foothills, and southern Sierra Nevada. It is very similar to H. abramsii, H. brevistaminea, H. hirsutissima, and H. pulchella; the group needs thorough phylogenetic analysis. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 98. | FNA vol. 8, p. 100. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | H. alpestris | |
Name authority | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. (1905) | Eastwood: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 6: 426, plate 57. (1896) |
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