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Heuchera pulchella
Heuchera pulchella, the Sandia Mountain alumroot or Sandia Mountain coral-bells, is a plant species endemic to central New Mexico, mostly in the Manzano and Sandia Mountains, but cultivated as an ornamental elsewhere. It grows in canyons and on steep mountain slopes in Torrance, Bernalillo, and Sandoval Counties at elevations of 2700–3200 m.
Heuchera pulchella is an herb with a woody caudex below ground. Leaves are deeply 5-lobed, up to 2 cm long. Flowering stalks are up to 15 cm tall, with a one-sided raceme. Flowers are about 5 mm across, with red sepals and pink petals.
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 pulchella 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.
