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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| + | Branching perennial from rhizomes<ref name=":0">Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, | ||
| + | B. et al. (2018). ''Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual''. | ||
| + | Seattle: University of Washington Press.</ref>, 4-10 dm tall.<ref name=":1">Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. ''E-Flora BC: Electronic | ||
| + | Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia'' [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced | ||
| + | Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, | ||
| + | Vancouver. [Accessed:2020-06-10 1:03:07 PM]</ref> | ||
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| + | Leaves basal, palmately lobed, obovate to sub-reniform in shape,<ref name=":1" /> leaf stems and bases densely covered with soft hairs.<ref name=":0" /> Leaf stipules membranous, fused to leaf stalks.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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| + | Densely-flowered, spike-like inflorescence.<ref name=":1" /> Calyx is green.<ref name=":0" /> Stamens 5, opposite the 5 corolla lobes.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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| + | Seeds covered in slightly tapered spines in longitudinal rows.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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==Bloom Period== | ==Bloom Period== | ||
| + | May-August.<ref>WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, | ||
| + | & University of Washington. Retrieved from <nowiki>https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Heuchera%20chlorantha</nowiki></ref> | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | Central BC to southern Oregon, west Cascades and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, on both sides of Cascades in Oregon.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Mesic to moist grassy bluffs, streambanks, meadows, | ||
| + | rocky river banks, roadsides and forest margins, gravelly prairies and thickets in the lowland and montane zones.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
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==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
| − | + | There are many important species in the ''Heuchera'' genus, both for medicine and tanning, because of their generally extremely astringent roots. | |
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| + | ''Heuchera chlorantha'' is a nectar source for many species of native bumblebees.<ref>''Heuchera chlorantha''. Green-flowered Alumroot - Heuchera chlorantha . <nowiki>http://www.heritageseedlings.com/page_819_52/heuchera-chlorantha</nowiki>.</ref> | ||
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==Photo Gallery== | ==Photo Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 10 June 2020
- Latin Name: Heuchera chlorantha
- Family: Saxifragaceae
- Common Names: green-flowered alumroot, meadow alumroot, tall alumroot
- Codon: HEUCHL
Contents
Taxonomy
Description
Branching perennial from rhizomes[1], 4-10 dm tall.[2]
Leaves basal, palmately lobed, obovate to sub-reniform in shape,[2] leaf stems and bases densely covered with soft hairs.[1] Leaf stipules membranous, fused to leaf stalks.[2]
Densely-flowered, spike-like inflorescence.[2] Calyx is green.[1] Stamens 5, opposite the 5 corolla lobes.[2]
Seeds covered in slightly tapered spines in longitudinal rows.[1]
Bloom Period
May-August.[3]
Distribution
Central BC to southern Oregon, west Cascades and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, on both sides of Cascades in Oregon.[1]
Habitat
Mesic to moist grassy bluffs, streambanks, meadows, rocky river banks, roadsides and forest margins, gravelly prairies and thickets in the lowland and montane zones.[2][1]
Uses
There are many important species in the Heuchera genus, both for medicine and tanning, because of their generally extremely astringent roots.
Heuchera chlorantha is a nectar source for many species of native bumblebees.[4]
Photo Gallery
Photo by Rod Gilbert
seedling, CNLM
seedling, CNLM
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Hitchcock, C. L., Cronquist, A., Giblin, D., & Legler, B. et al. (2018). Flora of the Pacific Northwest: an illustrated manual. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed:2020-06-10 1:03:07 PM]
- ↑ WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Heuchera%20chlorantha
- ↑ Heuchera chlorantha. Green-flowered Alumroot - Heuchera chlorantha . http://www.heritageseedlings.com/page_819_52/heuchera-chlorantha.
