OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heuchera caroliniana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Heuchera caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003?:

Heuchera americana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph on the genus Heuchera (Rosendahl, Butters, Lakela, 1936)

Heuchera americana var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Heuchera americana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Alumroot


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Heuchera caroliniana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera caroliniana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Heuchera caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-003?:
Heuchera americana   FAMILY Saxifragaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH A monograph on the genus Heuchera (Rosendahl, Butters, Lakela, 1936)
Heuchera americana var. caroliniana

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera americana

 

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4337

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky forests, rock outcrops, particularly where soils are subacidic to circumneutral, replacing H. americana in much of the upper Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Sepals greenish-tipped; petals white or pink
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals (usually)
5 stamens
Ovary half-inferior
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Capsule

 

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