Heuchera chlorantha

Latin Name: Heuchera chlorantha
Family: Saxifragaceae
Common Names: green-flowered alumroot, meadow alumroot, tall alumroot
Codon: HEUCHL

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.

[:0-1] 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.

[:1-2] 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]

[3] WTU Herbarium, Burke Museum, & University of Washington. Retrieved from https://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Heuchera%20chlorantha

[4] Heuchera chlorantha. Green-flowered Alumroot - Heuchera chlorantha . http://www.heritageseedlings.com/page_819_52/heuchera-chlorantha.

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