Heuchera caespitosa Eastw.

Tufted alumroot (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Heuchera

Characteristics

Herbs subcaulescent; caudex branched. Flowering stems 10-40 cm, long stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole long stipitate-glandular; blade reni-form or orbiculate, shallowly 5-lobed, 1-4 cm, base cordate or truncate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces short or long stipitate-glandular. Inflorescenses moderately dense. Flowers: hypanthium strongly bilaterally symmetric, free 2-2.8 mm on adaxial side, pink to purplish, narrowly campanulate, widening at mouth, 4-7 mm, short stipitate-glandular proximally, long stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green-tipped, equal, 1-1.2 mm, apex rounded; petals spreading, white, oblanceolate, (clawed), unlobed, 2-2.5 mm (longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 0.5 mm to exserted 0.5 mm; styles to 0.5 mm included, 1.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 4 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark brown, ellipsoid, 0.7 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
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Distribution

Heuchera caespitosa world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:121549-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135483
COL ID 3LFPM
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Synonyms

Heuchera caespitosa