Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera micrantha Douglas |
Synonyms | Heuchera barbarossa C.Presl |
Heuchera glaberrima Rydb. | |
Heuchera nuttallii Rydb. | |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 0-2200m |
Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate, 5-7-lobate, at base cordate, dentate, obtuse, glabrous or glandular, viscid, inflorescence lax spicate, petals oblanceolate, 1-3mm long |
Size | 10-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
micrantha diversifolia (Rydb.) Rosend. & al., ibid.
micrantha erubescens (A.Braun & C.D.Bouché) Rosend., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37(2, Beibl. 83): 77 (1905)
micrantha hartwegii (S.Watson ex Wheelock) Rosend., ibid.
micrantha macropetala Shipes & E.F.Wells, Rhodora 98: 366 (1997)
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