Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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Learn more about Carolina Alumroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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)
Heuchera americana
COMMON NAME:
Carolina Alumroot
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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)
Heuchera americana
4337
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon (endemic to Piedmont of sc VA, NC, & sc SC)
Look for it in rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral, replacing H. americana in much of the upper Piedmont , per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals greenish-tipped; petals white or pink
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals (usually)
5 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
FRUIT:
Capsule
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