3248

Forb
Perennial

Native to North & possibly South Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Rare (an endemic)

Look for it in rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic or circumneutral, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals greenish-tipped; petals pink or purplish
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals (usually)
5 stamens

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p066

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Heuchera pubescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera pubescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-004?:
Heuchera pubescens   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Heuchera pubescens