Heuchera sanguinea |
Heuchera villosa |
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coralbells |
hairy alum-root, maple-leaf alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. | Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. | ||||
Flowering stems | 20–40 cm, short and sometimes long stipitate-glandular. |
10–85 cm, long stipitate-glandular. |
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Leaves | petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade reniform to orbiculate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 2–5.5 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex acute to obtuse, surfaces long stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, glabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular adaxially. |
petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade rounded-cordate, orbiculate, or oblong, often ± polygonal, deeply (5–)7–9+-lobed, 3–26 cm, base cordate to nearly truncate, lobes ovate to triangular, margins dentate to serrate, apex obtuse to acute, surfaces glabrous or long stipitate-glandular. |
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Inflorescences | moderately dense to diffuse. |
dense to diffuse. |
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Flowers | hypanthium weakly bilaterally to radially symmetric, free 2.5–2.8 mm, dark pink to red, broadly campanulate or urceolate, 4–8 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, sparsely long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, darker red-tipped, equal, 2–3 mm, apex oblong or rounded; petals spreading, pink or cream, narrowly oblanceolate, unlobed, 1.2–1.8 mm (shorter than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 1.5–3 mm; styles included 1.5–3 mm, 1.5–2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. |
hypanthium radially symmetric, free 0.2–0.5 mm, white or pink, obconic or subglobose, 1.5–3.6 mm, usually long stipitate-glandular, sometimes sparsely long-stipitate or glabrous; sepals erect, green-tipped, equal, 0.5–1.7 mm, apex rounded; petals often coiled, sometimes reflexed, white, linear, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, unlobed, 1–3 mm, margins entire; stamens exserted 2–2.5 mm; styles exserted 1.5–2.5 mm, 2–4 mm, to 0.1 mm diam. |
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Capsules | ovoid, 4.5–6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
ovoid, 3–6.4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
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Seeds | dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.5–0.6 mm, bluntly spiny. |
dark brown, fusiform, 0.5–0.9 mm. |
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Heuchera sanguinea |
Heuchera villosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Oct. | |||||
Habitat | Moist, shaded rocks | |||||
Elevation | 1200-2600 m (3900-8500 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; NM; Mexico (Chihuahua)
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AL; AR; GA; IN; KY; MO; MS; NC; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | Heuchera sanguinea occurs in the southwestern United States and northern Chihuahua, Mexico, and is widely cultivated throughout the cooler parts of North America. Heuchera sanguinea varies considerably within populations in shape, lobing, and size of leaves, in amount of hairs, and in shape, form, and color of flowers. Rydberg recognized var. pulchra as characterized by denser inflorescences and longer hairs on its pedicels, inferior part of the ovary, and sepals. Mixed populations with individuals bearing longer and shorter hairs can be found throughout the range of the species, especially in Arizona. It seems best to recognize H. sanguinea as a variable species without infraspecific taxa. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 100. | FNA vol. 8, p. 89. | ||||
Parent taxa | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera | Saxifragaceae > Heuchera | ||||
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Synonyms | H. sanguinea var. pulchra | |||||
Name authority | Engelmann: in F. A. Wislizenus, Mem. Tour N. Mexico, 107. 1848 , | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 172. 1803 , | ||||
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