Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Saxifragales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-002:
Heuchera parviflora FAMILY Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera parviflora
COMMON NAME:
Littleflower Alumroot, Cave Alumroot, Cumberland Grotto Alumroot, Small-flower Alumroot
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JK Marlow jkm0504r_01
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
The small, sharply toothed, rounded leaves have gently cut lobes, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).
JK Marlow jkm0504r_02
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Heuchera usually has leaves as wide as long and with prominent variegation, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm190423_7651
April Oconee County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Uncommon throughout its range, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
Alumroot, Foamflower, and Miterwort
Ron Lance rwl670_a
September
In deeply shaded sites, it is often the only vascular plant present, per Weakley's Flora.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_heuchera_parviflora
November
The tiny white flowers are in multiple branched racemes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 094-11-002:
Heuchera parviflora
FAMILY
Saxifragaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Heuchera parviflora