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Seaside alumroot

Heuchera pilosissima

Seaside alumroot
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Oregon to California
Climate
temperate

About

Heuchera pilosissima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name seaside alumroot and Parish's alumroot. It is endemic to the northern two thirds of the California coastline, where it grows on coastal bluffs and in nearby forests. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing lobed oval-shaped leaves 4 to 9 centimeters wide, each on a long petiole. The erect inflorescence reaches over half a meter in maximum height and is covered in glandular hairs. It bears dense clusters of rounded, hairy flowers. Each flower has pink or yellowish lobes tipped with small white or pink petals. The stamens and stigma protrude from the narrow mouth of the flower.

Other Heuchera plants

San Gabriel alumroot · American alumroot · Laguna Mountain alumroot · Carolina alumroot · Roundleaf alumroot · Senator Mine alumroot · Urnflower alumroot · Shaggyhair alumroot · Jill of the rocks · Merriam's alumroot · Crevice alumroot · Mill Creek alumroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heuchera pilosissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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