Heuchera brevistaminea
Contr. Dudley Herb. 1: 100, plate 8. 1929 ,.
Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched. Flowering-stems 20–30 cm, sparsely long-stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole sparsely short to long-stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate or reniform, shallowly 5-lobed, 1.5–4 cm, base shallowly cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces sparsely long-stipitate-glandular on veins abaxially, glabrous or long-stipitate-glandular adaxially. Inflorescenses moderately diffuse. Flowers: hypanthium weakly bilaterally symmetric, free 1.5–2.2 mm on adaxial side, deep rose-purple, cylindric, 4–5 mm, short-stipitate-glandular proximally, long-stipitate-glandular distally; sepals spreading, green and darker red-tipped, equal, 1.3–1.4 mm, apex rounded; petals spreading, white, broadly oblanceolate, unlobed, 4–5 mm (much longer than sepals), margins entire; stamens included 1 mm; styles included 1–2 mm, 1.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 3 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark-brown, ellipsoid, ca. 0.7 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky slopes in montane chaparral, yellow pine forests
Elevation: 1500-1900 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Heuchera brevistaminea occurs in the Laguna Mountains, San Diego County. It closely resembles H. abramsii, H. caespitosa, H. elegans, and H. pulchella.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"full" is not a number.