Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera rubescens Torr. |
Bibliography | Expl. Surv. Great Salt Lake [H.Stansbury]: 388 (1852) |
Native Range | w. & sc. USA to n. & w. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 900-3700m |
Description | leaves basal, coriaceous, 10-25mm wide, orbiculate, deeply 3-5-lobate, rather sharply dentate, panicle narrow, 3-11cm, flowers 5mm long, petals 3-4mm, anthers slightly exserted |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | 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 clutei A.Nelson Heuchera cuneata Howell Heuchera leptomeria Greene Heuchera leptomeria var. peninsularis Rosend. & al. Heuchera nana (A.Gray) Rydb. Heuchera pachypoda Greene Heuchera pringlei Rydb. Heuchera rubescens var. alpicola Jeps. Heuchera rubescens f. ambigua Rosend. & al. Heuchera rubescens var. cuneata (Howell) M.G.Stewart Heuchera rubescens var. elegans (Abrams) Jeps. Heuchera rubescens var. glandulosa Kellogg Heuchera rubescens var. nana A.Gray Heuchera rubescens var. nevadensis Jeps. Heuchera rubescens var. oregonensis Wheelock Heuchera rubescens var. pachypoda (Greene) Rosend. & al. Heuchera rubescens var. pringlei (Rydb.) Jeps. Heuchera rubescens var. rydbergiana Rosend. & al. Heuchera rubescens var. truncata Rosend. & al. Heuchera rubescens var. typica M.G.Stewart Heuchera rubescens var. versicolor (Greene) M.G.Stewart Heuchera sitgreavesii Rydb. Heuchera versicolor Greene Heuchera versicolor var. leptomeria (Greene) Kearney & Peebles Heuchera versicolor f. pumila Rosend. & al. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |