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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot

Chiricahua Mountain alum-root

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.

Heuchera parishii

Heuchera glomerulata

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
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
AZ; NM
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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 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
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. brevistaminea, H. caespitosa, H. caroliniana, H. chlorantha, H. cylindrica, H. eastwoodiae, H. elegans, H. glabra, 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) Rosendahl: Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 155. (1936)
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