...Moist
...Variable
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about American Alumroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
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
COMMON NAME:
American Alumroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hecu4_001_lvd
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm080421_079
April Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm160422_078
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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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
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JK Marlow jkm0305m_15
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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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).
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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.
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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).
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Keith Bradley kab_h_americana_0978
May NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Keith Bradley kab_h_americana_73702
May Polk County NC
Norman Wilder Forest
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Gill Newberry gn00_h_americana_flowers
Month Unknown
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Gill Newberry gn00_h_americana_inf
Month Unknown
Calyx glandular-puberulent, greenish; stamens and style exserted, per Weakley's Flora.