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Arkansas alum-root

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hairy alumroot

Inflorescences

dense, 10–35(–62) × 1–3(–4) cm, internodes in floral branchlets 0.3–1 mm.

dense to diffuse, 21–85 × 2–14 cm, internodes in floral branchlets 0.7–3 mm.

Pedicels

0.2–0.9 mm.

0.9–3 mm.

Flowers

hypanthium subglobose, glabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular;

petals reflexed or tightly coiled, narrowly oblanceolate, 0.2–0.4 mm wide.

hypanthium obconic or subglobose, long stipitate-glandular;

petals tightly coiled, linear or narrowly lanceolate, 0.1–0.2 mm wide.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Heuchera villosa var. arkansana

Heuchera villosa var. villosa

Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep. Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Shaded rocks and ledges, granite, gneiss, or acidic humus over limestone or shallow rocky soil Shaded rocks and ledges, granite, gneiss, or acidic humus over limestone or shallow rocky soil
Elevation 300-900 m (1000-3000 ft) 100-2000 m (300-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AR
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AL; 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.)

Variety villosa is found east of the Prairies in the southern Appalachian Mountains and Interior Plateau of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. In the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, the leaf lobes tend to be very sharp and narrowly triangular, and in the Interior Plateau the lobes tend to be rounded; considerable variation in lobe shape occurs throughout the range.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 90. FNA vol. 8, p. 89.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Heuchera > Heuchera villosa Saxifragaceae > Heuchera > Heuchera villosa
Sibling taxa
H. villosa var. villosa
H. villosa var. arkansana
Synonyms H. arkansana H. macrorhiza, H. villosa var. intermedia, H. villosa var. macrorhiza
Name authority (Rydberg) E. B. Smith: Proc. Arkansas Acad. Sci. 31: 100. 1977 , unknown
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