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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot

downy alum-root

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

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

often leafy, 30–95 cm, short 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 glabrous or short stipitate-glandular;

blade broadly ovate to cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, 3–9 cm, base cordate to nearly truncate, lobes rounded to widely ovate, margins dentate, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous or sparsely short stipitate-glandular, at least on veins abaxially.

Inflorescences

dense, (secund).

diffuse.

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 moderately bilaterally symmetric, free 2–6.2 mm, green, campanulate, abruptly inflated distal to adnation to ovary, 5.5–13.2 mm, very short stipitate-glandular;

sepals spreading, green-tipped, equal, 2–4.2 mm, apex rounded (sinuses narrower than petals);

petals inflexed, pink or purple, broadly spatulate, unlobed, 2.4–4.4 mm, margins fimbriate;

stamens 1.1 mm included to 3.7 mm exserted;

styles from 0.6 mm included to 3 mm exserted, 4–6 mm, to 0.1 mm diam.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 7–11 mm, not papillose.

Seeds

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

dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6–1 mm.

2n

= 14.

Heuchera parishii

Heuchera pubescens

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest Shaded circumneutral rock outcroppings, ledges, and rocky cuts
Elevation 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) 100-1400 m (300-4600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
MD; NC; PA; SC; VA; WV
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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 pubescens intergrades with H. americana where their ranges overlap, primarily in the central Appalachians of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia; the intergrading form is recognized here as H. americana var. hispida. It is rare in South Carolina.

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

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 98. FNA vol. 8, p. 95.
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. maxima, H. merriamii, H. micrantha, H. novamexicana, H. parishii, H. parviflora, H. parvifolia, H. pilosissima, H. pulchella, H. richardsonii, H. rubescens, H. sanguinea, H. villosa, H. wootonii
Synonyms H. alpestris H. pubescens var. brachyandra
Name authority Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 109. (1905) Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 187. (1813)
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