Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera elegans Abrams |
Synonyms | Heuchera hirsuta Rydb. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2600m |
Description | leaves petiolate, reniform or orbiculate, shallowly 5-lobate, lobes rounded, dentate, glandular, inflorescence dense, petals broadly oblanceolate, 3-4mm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | SAXIFRAGACEAE
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