Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera longiflora Rydb. |
Bibliography | Man. Fl. N. States [N.L.Britton]: 482 (1901) |
Native Range | West Virginia to se. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 100-500m |
Description | stems glabrous, often leafy, leaves petiolate, broadly ovate to cordate, shallowly 5-lobate, at base subtruncate, terminal lobe elongate, dentate, glabrous, inflorescence lax |
Size | 30-95cm |
Color | white, rose, purple |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring |
Synonyms | Heuchera aceroides Rydb. Heuchera longiflora var. aceroides (Rydb.) Rosend. & al. Heuchera longiflora var. typica Rosend. & l. Heuchera pubescens var. aceroides (Rydb.) Rosend. Heuchera scabra Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, KTY Kentucky, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) |