Heuchera chlorantha
- Scientific Name: Heuchera chlorantha
- Family: Saxifragaceae
- Common Names: green-flowered alumroot, meadow alumroot, tall alumroot
- Codon: HEUCHL
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Taxonomy
| Scientific classification | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum: | Tracheophyta |
| Subphylum: | Spermatophytina |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Saxifraganae |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Heuchera L. |
| Species: | Heuchera chlorantha Piper |
Description
Branching perennial from rhizomes[2], 4-10 dm tall.[3]
Leaves basal, palmately lobed, obovate to sub-reniform in shape,[3] leaf stems and bases densely covered with soft hairs.[2] Leaf stipules membranous, fused to leaf stalks.[3]
Densely-flowered, spike-like inflorescence.[3] Calyx is green.[2] Stamens 5, opposite the 5 corolla lobes.[3]
Seeds covered in slightly tapered spines in longitudinal rows.[2]
Bloom Period
May-August.[4]
Distribution
Central BC to southern Oregon, west Cascades and in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington, on both sides of Cascades in Oregon.[2]
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.[3][2]
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.[5]
Photo Gallery
Photo by Rod Gilbert
seedling, CNLM
seedling, CNLM
References
- ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved from https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=24344
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
