| Heuchera glabra Willd. | |||
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| Family | Saxifragaceae — APG family: Saxifragaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Heuchera divaricata Fisch. | ||
| Common name | alpine heuchera | ||
| Description | Rootstock stout; basal leaves cordate-ovate, 3-5-lobed, the lobes coarsely crenate- dentate; sparsely pubescent below, ciliate with long glands in margin; stem gla- brous or slightly glandular; stem leaves 1-2, reduced; inflorescence thyrsoid, with lanceolate bracts; pedicels glandular; calyx lobes broadly ovate, glandular petals white, 2-3 times as long as calyx lobes, with long, slender claw and entire blade; stamens 5; capsule with slender beak; seeds with rows of spines. | ||
| Ecology | Moist rocks. Described from western North America. |
This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.