Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Heuchera pubescens
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Learn more about Downy Alumroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera pubescens
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heuchera pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Heuchera pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Heuchera pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera pubescens
COMMON NAME:
Marbled Alumroot, Downy Alumroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hepu7_001_lvd
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Dan Whitten sdw_042219_leaves2
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Dan Whitten sdw_042519_heuchera
April Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7906
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Flowering stems short stipitate-glandular, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7909
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Flowers viewed from the side will look mostly green owing to the long (9-10mm) calyx lobes, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
COMPARE
Alumroot, Foamflower, and Miterwort
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7910
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7915
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
The upper leaf surface is rather pubescent, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7916
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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Samantha Tessel sam_7957
May Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
Sepals about as long as petals, stamens not exserted, style conspicuously longer than petals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4600
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230720_4601
July Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231008_5859
October Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231008_5861
October Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm231008_5866
October Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Heuchera pubescens
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera pubescens
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Heuchera pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Heuchera pubescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Heuchera pubescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera pubescens
3248
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic or circumneutral, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals green-tipped; petals pink or purplish-red
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals (usually)
5 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
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