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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot

island alumroot, jill-of-the-rocks

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

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

9–30 cm, short or long stipitate-glandular, viscid.

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 (7–22 cm), densely long stipitate-glandular;

blade pentagonal to septagonal, deeply 5-lobed, 6.3–17 cm, base deeply cordate, lobes rounded, margins crenate, apex obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous adaxially except long stipitate-glandular near margins, viscid.

Inflorescences

dense, (secund).

dense.

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 0.3–1.4 mm, white to pink, hemispheric, 2.5–4.2 mm, densely long stipitate-glandular;

sepals somewhat spreading, green- or red-tipped, equal, 0.7–2 mm, apex rounded or truncate, (medium to long stipitate-glandular);

petals spreading, white, oblong-lanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 2–4 mm, margins entire;

stamens exserted 0.4–2.5 mm;

styles exserted to 2 mm, 1.5–4 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 4–8 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

Seeds

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

black, broadly fusiform, 0.4 mm.

2n

= 14.

Heuchera parishii

Heuchera maxima

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Mar–May.
Habitat Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest Exposed cliffs
Elevation 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) 0-500 m (0-1600 ft)
Distribution
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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 maxima is found on the northern Channel Islands (Anacapa, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa), Santa Barbara County.

Heuchera maxima is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 98. FNA vol. 8, p. 93.
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. glomerulata, H. grossulariifolia, H. hallii, H. hirsutissima, H. longiflora, 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) Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 149. 1886 ,
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