Heuchera parishii |
Heuchera pulchella |
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Mill Creek alum-root, Parish's alumroot |
sandia mountain alumroot |
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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 |
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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 |
CA
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NM |
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 | ||
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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