Heuchera pilosissima

Fischer & C. A. Meyer

Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) 5: 36. 1838 ,.

Common names: Seaside alum-root
Endemic
Synonyms: Heuchera hemisphaerica Rydberg Heuchera pilosissima var. hemisphaerica (Rydberg) Rosendahl
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 93. Mentioned on page 84, 87.

Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. Flowering-stems 3–22 cm, short to long-stipitate-glandular, viscid. Leaves: petiole (7–22 cm), densely long-stipitate-glandular; blade suborbiculate or pentagonal or septagonal, deeply 5–7-lobed, 8–9 cm, base deeply cordate, lobes rounded, margins crenate, apex obtuse, surfaces moderately to densely long-stipitate-glandular, viscid. Inflorescences dense. Flowers: hypanthium radially symmetric, free to 1.6 mm, pink, hemispheric, 2–3 mm, densely long-stipitate-glandular; sepals erect, green or red-tipped, equal, 0.8–2.2 mm, apex obtuse; petals spreading, white or pink, oblongelliptic, unlobed, 1.5–3.5 mm, margins entire; stamens exserted 0.4–2.3 mm; styles exserted 1–1.4 mm, 1.5–2 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 2.5–10 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds black, broadly fusiform, 0.6 mm. 2n = 14, 28.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Jun.
Habitat: Pine belts on coastal bluffs on sandstone or decomposed granite
Elevation: 10-500 m

Discussion

Heuchera pilosissima occurs in the marine zone and in the Coast Ranges.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

... more about "Heuchera pilosissima"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Barbara Greene Shipes +
Fischer & C. A. Meyer +
cordate +
not papillose +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
5-7-lobed +, septagonal +, pentagonal +  and suborbiculate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
Seaside alum-root +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
10-500 m +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
bearing 1-5 cauline leaves +  and leafless +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Pine belts on coastal bluffs on sandstone or decomposed granite +
multicellular +
long-stipitate-glandular +
hemispheric +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
bracteate +, not secund +  and 100-1000-flowered +
dense +  and diffuse +
opposite +  and alternate +
long-stipitate-glandular +
rounded +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
pink +  and white +
distinct +
unlobed +  and oblongelliptic +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
peltate +  and jointed +
stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
Flowering Mar–Jun. +
unequal +
Index Seminum (St. Petersburg) +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
fusiform +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
red-tipped +  and green +
distinct +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
long-stipitate-glandular +
Heuchera hemisphaerica +  and Heuchera pilosissima var. hemisphaerica +
Heuchera pilosissima +
Heuchera +
species +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
crenate +  and dentate +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +