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Heuchera americana
Also called Alumroot, Rock Geranium
A small, mostly evergreen perennial of rock crevices and bluffs in eastern and central North America, grown mainly for its lobed, colourful foliage. Give it some shade and acidic, well-drained soil to avoid leaf scorch.
Heuchera americana, or American alumroot (also called Coral bells or Rock geranium), is a small evergreen perennial, under 2 ft (0.61 m) high and wide, native to eastern and central North America while also ranging into Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the Saxifrage family.
Urnflower alumroot · Shaggyhair alumroot · Jill of the rocks · Crevice alumroot · Coralbells · Hairy alumroot · Alumroot
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heuchera americana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
