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Crevice Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)
Genus Heuchera Family Saxifragaceae Order Rosales Class Magnoliopsida Phylum Tracheophyta Kingdom Plantae Biodiversity

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Crevice alumroot
Heuchera micrantha in Rogue Wild and Scenic River
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Heuchera
Species:
H. micrantha
Binomial name
Heuchera micrantha

Heuchera micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name crevice alumroot, or small-flowered alumroot.[1]

Distribution

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It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs.

Description

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Each rounded flower has fleshy, hairy lobes tipped with tiny petals and protruding stamens and stigma.

This plant is quite variable in appearance. There are a number of wild and cultivated varieties. The leaves are lobed and usually coated in glandular hairs. They are green to reddish-green or purple-green in color and may have very long, gland-dotted petioles. The plant produces an erect inflorescence up to a meter high bearing many clusters of pink, white, or greenish flowers. Each rounded flower has fleshy, hairy lobes tipped with tiny petals and protruding stamens and stigma.

Native Americans pounded the root to make a poultice.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.
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Native to the western U.S. from British Columbia to California, where it is found on rocky slopes. I first documented it in Monterey County in April 2024.