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Heuchera maxima
Also called Island Alumroot
Jill of the rocks is a rhizomatous perennial native to the northern Channel Islands of California, growing on canyon cliffs. It is grown as a drought-tolerant native groundcover in part shade, especially under oaks.
Heuchera maxima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, known by the common names island alum root, Channel Islands coral bells, and Jill of the rocks.
It is endemic to the four northern Channel Islands of California, within Channel Islands National Park. It grows on canyon cliffs in coastal sage scrub habitats.
Heuchera maxima is also cultivated as an ornamental plant for traditional, drought tolerant, native plant, and wildlife gardens. It prefers part shade, including as a groundcover in dry shade conditions under oaks.
American alumroot · Urnflower alumroot · Shaggyhair alumroot · Crevice alumroot · Coralbells · Hairy alumroot · Alumroot
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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.
