Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Alumroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

In deeply shaded sites, Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora is often the only vascular plant present. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-002:

Heuchera parviflora   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Heuchera parviflora

COMMON NAME:
Littleflower Alumroot, Cave Alumroot, Cumberland Grotto Alumroot, Small-flower Alumroot

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April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

The small, sharply toothed, rounded leaves have gently cut lobes, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

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April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Heuchera usually has leaves as wide as long and with prominent variegation, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

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April    Oconee County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

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April    Oconee County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Uncommon throughout its range, per Weakley's Flora.

 COMPARE Alumroot, Foamflower, and Miterwort

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September        

In deeply shaded sites, it is often the only vascular plant present, per Weakley's Flora.

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November        

The tiny white flowers are in multiple branched racemes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-002:
Heuchera parviflora   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera parviflora