Alumroot

(Heuchera americana)

 

   

 

 

Color Photograph: NRCS Plants Database, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Alumroot (Heuchera americana L.)

Identification: Flowers greenish, bell-shaped, nodding from short flower stalks. Petals small, green, sometimes tinged with red. Stamens protruding from the end of the flower. Flowers arranged in a long, leafless flower spike, with individual flowers on short flower stalks, not crowded. Leaves basal, rounded, lobed or slightly cut. Plant 2 to 3 feet in height.

Distribution: Michigan to New England, southward to Georgia and Louisiana.

Habitat: Alumroot is typically found in dry or rocky woods.

Flowering period: May to August.

Similar Species: There are several other species of Heuchera in the east. Their identification often involves the use of technical characters.

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