Heuchera richardsonii R.Br.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Saxifragaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Plants 2–9 dm; scape with a few small, scale-like bracts; petioles strongly spreading-hirsute; lvs broadly cordate-ovate, glabrous or nearly so above, hairy at least on the veins beneath, shallowly 7–9-lobed, each lobe with 3–5 rounded to acute, mucronate lobules; stems ± hirsute, becoming glandular above; infl relatively narrow and congested; fls very oblique, 7–10 mm on the upper side, half as long below, with wide sinuses between the sep; free part of the hypanthium 2–6 mm; pet mostly green or greenish-white (pink), 2–4 mm, narrowly spatulate, finely toothed; stamens shortly included to long-exserted; style shortly included to shortly exserted; 2n=14, 28. Prairies and dry woods; s.c. Mich. and nw. Ind. to nw. Ark. and ne. Okla., w. and n. to Colo. and Alta. May–July.
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Common Names
prairie alum-root