Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera elegans Abrams |
Bibliography | Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 67 (1902) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Heuchera elegans var. hirsuta (Rydb.) Rosend. Heuchera hirsuta Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |