Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Heuchera caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003?:
Heuchera americana FAMILY Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph on the genus Heuchera (Rosendahl, Butters, Lakela, 1936)
Heuchera americana var. caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera americana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Alumroot
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Heuchera caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003?:
Heuchera americana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A monograph on the genus Heuchera (Rosendahl, Butters, Lakela, 1936)
Heuchera americana var. caroliniana
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera americana
4337
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral, replacing H. americana in much of the upper Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals greenish-tipped; petals white or pink
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals (usually)
5 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule
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