Heuchera richardsonii |
Heuchera wootonii |
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Richardson's alum-root |
White Mountain alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs, acaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched. |
Flowering stems | (7–)20–95 cm, densely long stipitate-glandular. |
4–60 cm, long stipitate-glandular. |
Leaves | petiole densely or sparsely long or short stipitate-glandular; blade broadly ovate or cordate, deeply 5–7-lobed, 2.5–10 cm, base cordate or nearly truncate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex acute, surfaces long stipitate-glandular abaxially, glabrous or long stipitate-glandular adaxially. |
petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 4–7 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded to ovate, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces glaucous, long stipitate-glandular along veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Inflorescences | dense to diffuse. |
dense. |
Flowers | hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 2–7 mm, green, campanulate, abruptly inflated distal to adnation to ovary, 5–14 mm, short stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, green-tipped, equal, 1.3–4.2 mm, apex rounded (sinuses wider than petals); petals erect, green or greenish white, rarely pink, narrowly spatulate, unlobed, 1.3–4 mm, margins finely dentate or coarsely fimbriate; stamens 1.5 mm included to 4 mm exserted; styles from 0.6 mm included to 0.3 mm exserted, 4–6 mm, to 0.1 mm diam. |
hypanthium radially symmetic, free 0.5 mm, green, flat, saucer-shaped, 2–3 mm, short stipitate-glandular; sepals reflexed, green-tipped, (triangular), equal, 0.5 mm, apex acute; petals reflexed, white, widely elliptic, (clawed), unlobed, 1 mm, margins entire; stamens included 0.5–0.8 mm, (incurved over stigmas); styles included 1–1.5 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
Capsules | ovoid, 7–14.5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
oblong, ca. 6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
Seeds | dark or very dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.6–0.9 mm. |
dark brown, fusiform, 0.7 mm. |
2n | = 14, 28. |
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Heuchera richardsonii |
Heuchera wootonii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun. | Flowering Jun–Sep. |
Habitat | Moist or dry, low or upland prairies, basic rock outcroppings and bluffs, sandy, dry woods | Rocky slopes |
Elevation | 200-800 m (700-2600 ft) | 2100-3700 m (6900-12100 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; IN; KS; MI; MN; MO; MT; ND; NE; OK; SD; WI; WY; AB; BC; MB; NT; ON; SK
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NM |
Discussion | Heuchera richardsonii intergrades with H. americana where their ranges overlap in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, and Oklahoma; the intergrading form is recognized here as H. americana var. hirsuticaulis. Heuchera hispida (H. americana var. hispida here; see thereunder) was confused with H. richardsonii for almost a hundred years, until C. O. Rosendahl et al. (1933) pointed out that the plants from the Midwest then passing as H. hispida Pursh were distinct from Pursh’s species and were H. richardsonii. The Blackfoot, Cree, Lakota, and Woodlands Indians used decoctions and infusions of the roots of Heuchera richardsonii for diarrhea and as an eyewash, and the Lakota applied a poultice of powdered roots to sores (D. E. Moerman 1998). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Heuchera wootonii occurs in the Sacramento and White mountains of south-central New Mexico. It resembles H. parvifolia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 96. | FNA vol. 8, p. 104. |
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | H. richardsonii var. affinis, H. richardsonii var. grayana, H. richardsonii var. hispidior | |
Name authority | R. Brown: in J. Franklin et al., Narr. Journey Polar Sea, 766, plate 29. (1823) | Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 113. 1905 , |
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