Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Heuchera sanguinea Engelm. |
Bibliography | Mem. Tour North Mexico [F.A.Wislizenus]: 107 (1848) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1200-2600m |
Description | leaves petiolate, reniform to orbiculate, shallowly 5-7-lobate, cordate, dentate, abaxially glandular hirsute, inflorescence lax, hypanthium deep rose or red |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | ind |
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 pulchra Rydb. Heuchera sanguinea f. hirtella Rosend. & al. Heuchera sanguinea var. pulchra (Rydb.) Rosend. Heuchera sanguinea var. typica Rosend. & al. Heuchera townsendii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |