Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera glomerulata |
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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot |
Chiricahua Mountain alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. |
Flowering stems | 8–40 cm, long stipitate-glandular, viscid. |
25–40 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 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. |
Inflorescences | dense, (secund). |
dense, (interrupted). |
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 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. |
Capsules | ovoid, 4–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 4–5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | black, fusiform, rounded at 1 end, acute at other, ca. 0.9 mm. |
black, fusiform, 0.5 mm. |
2n | = 14. |
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Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera glomerulata |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering May. |
Habitat | Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest | Shaded, rocky slopes |
Elevation | 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) | 1300-2000 m (4300-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA
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AZ; NM |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. Heuchera parishii occurs in the San Bernardino Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 98. | FNA vol. 8, p. 103. |
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) | Rosendahl: Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 155. (1936) |
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