Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera micrantha Douglas |
Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 15: t. 1302 (1830) |
Native Range | nw.USA to California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 0-2200m |
Description | leaves orbiculate, shallowly 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 | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Heuchera barbarossa C.Presl Heuchera glaberrima Rydb. Heuchera micrantha f. acuta Rosend. & al. Heuchera micrantha f. glaberrima (Rydb.) Rosend. & al. Heuchera micrantha var. glaberrima (Rydb.) W.H.Baker Heuchera micrantha var. nuttallii (Rydb.) Rosend. Heuchera micrantha var. typica Rosend. & al. Heuchera nuttallii Rydb. Heuchera pilosissima Benth. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |