Heuchera villosa var. arkansana |
Heuchera villosa |
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Arkansas alum-root |
hairy alum-root, maple-leaf alum-root |
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Habit | Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. | |||||
Flowering stems | 10–85 cm, long stipitate-glandular. |
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Leaves | 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 | dense, 10–35(–62) × 1–3(–4) cm, internodes in floral branchlets 0.3–1 mm. |
dense to diffuse. |
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Pedicels | 0.2–0.9 mm. |
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Flowers | hypanthium subglobose, glabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular; petals reflexed or tightly coiled, narrowly oblanceolate, 0.2–0.4 mm wide. |
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, 3–6.4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. |
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Seeds | dark brown, fusiform, 0.5–0.9 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Heuchera villosa var. arkansana |
Heuchera villosa |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Shaded rocks and ledges, granite, gneiss, or acidic humus over limestone or shallow rocky soil | |||||
Elevation | 300-900 m (1000-3000 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AR |
AL; AR; GA; IN; KY; MO; MS; NC; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; WV
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Discussion | Variety arkansana is found in the Ozark Mountains. (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. 90. | FNA vol. 8, p. 89. | ||||
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Synonyms | H. arkansana | |||||
Name authority | (Rydberg) E. B. Smith: Proc. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 31: 100. 1977 , | Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 172. 1803 , | ||||
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