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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot

sandia mountain alumroot

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

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

7–15 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 short or long stipitate-glandular;

blade orbiculate, deeply 5-lobed, 0.5–2 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, short stipitate-glandular adaxially.

Inflorescences

dense, (secund).

dense, (secund).

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 1–1.5 mm, reddish or dark rose, campanulate, 4–5.5 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, long stipitate-glandular distally;

sepals somewhat spreading, darker red on tips, equal, 0.8–1.8 mm, apex obtuse or rounded;

petals spreading, pink, lanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 2–2.5 mm (longer than sepals), margins entire;

stamens exserted 1 mm;

styles exserted 1–1.8 mm, 1.5–2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam.

Capsules

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

ovoid, 5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose.

Seeds

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

dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.8 mm.

Heuchera parishii

Heuchera pulchella

Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Aug–Sep.
Habitat Shaded rocky places in yellow pine and red fir forest Canyons and mountain slopes
Elevation 1500-3800 m (4900-12500 ft) 2700-3200 m (8900-10500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
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.)

Of conservation concern.

Heuchera pulchella occurs in northern and central New Mexico. It resembles H. abramsii, H. brevistaminea, H. caespitosa, and H. elegans; it is isolated geographically from the other species of this complex, all of southern California.

(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
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. pubescens, 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) Wooton & Standley: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 130. (1913)
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