Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Heuchera americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera americana var. americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003:
Heuchera americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
COMMON NAME:
American Alumroot
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Jim Fanning jcf_alumroot2
April Pickens County SC
SC Botanical Garden
The inflorescence is a pedunculate panicle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow s050410_c
April Greenville County SC
SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale
Leaves are shallowly & obscurely 5-lobed with mostly blunt teeth, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
COMPARE
Alumroot, Foamflower, and Miterwort
JK Marlow jkm0405c_06
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Heuchera usually has leaves as wide as long and with prominent variegation, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm0405x_09
May Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Capsules 3-5.5mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm0405x_11
May Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
The most widespread species of Heuchera in e. North America, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
Gill Newberry gn00_h_americana_inf
Month Unknown
Calyx glandular-puberulent, greenish; stamens and style exserted, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Heuchera americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera americana var. americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003:
Heuchera americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae