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Merriam's Alumroot

Heuchera merriamii Eastw.

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Heuchera pringlei Rydb. sp. nov
Acaulescent and cespitose; flowering branches 2-3 dm. high, glandular-puberulent and somewhat hirsute below ; petioles 2-4 cm. long, more or less hirsute ; blades orbicular or rounded-ovate, truncate or cuneate at the base, 2-3.5 cm. wide, glandular-puberulent and somewhat hirsutulous on the veins, slightly lobed and with broadly ovate, bristletipped teeth ; inflorescence rather dense ; hypanthium rounded-campanulate, glandularpuberulent and somewhat crisp-hairy, together with the sepals 3-4 mm. long; sepals rounded-oval; petals linear-oblanceolate, about twice as long as the sepals; stamens of the same length.
Type collected at Castle Lake, Siskiyou County, California, in 1881, by C. G. Pringle. Distribution : Type locality and in the Yosemite Valley.
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John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Heuchera merriamii

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Heuchera merriamii is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Merriam's alumroot. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows on the rocky slopes. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a patch of leaves which are rounded and have five to seven lobes along the edges. It produces an erect inflorescence up to about 23 centimeters tall with sparse clusters of pinkish, yellow, or cream flowers. The inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. Each flower has small spoon-shaped petals and protruding stamens.

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Heuchera merriamii: Brief Summary

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Heuchera merriamii is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Merriam's alumroot. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows on the rocky slopes. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing a patch of leaves which are rounded and have five to seven lobes along the edges. It produces an erect inflorescence up to about 23 centimeters tall with sparse clusters of pinkish, yellow, or cream flowers. The inflorescence is covered in glandular hairs. Each flower has small spoon-shaped petals and protruding stamens.

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