Heuchera wootonii

Rydberg

in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 113. 1905 ,.

Common names: White Mountain alum-root
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 104. Mentioned on page 86.

Herbs, acaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched. Flowering-stems 4–60 cm, long-stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole long-stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 4–7 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded to ovate, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces glaucous, long-stipitate-glandular along veins abaxially, glabrous adaxially. Inflorescences dense. Flowers: hypanthium radially symmetic, free 0.5 mm, green, flat, saucer-shaped, 2–3 mm, short-stipitate-glandular; sepals reflexed, green-tipped, (triangular), equal, 0.5 mm, apex acute; petals reflexed, white, widely elliptic, (clawed), unlobed, 1 mm, margins entire; stamens included 0.5–0.8 mm, (incurved over stigmas); styles included 1–1.5 mm, 0.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules oblong, ca. 6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark-brown, fusiform, 0.7 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat: Rocky slopes
Elevation: 2100-3700 m

Discussion

Heuchera wootonii occurs in the Sacramento and White mountains of south-central New Mexico. It resembles H. parvifolia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

... more about "Heuchera wootonii"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +  and obtuse +
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Barbara Greene Shipes +
Rydberg +
cordate +
not papillose +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
5-7-lobed +  and orbiculate +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
unbranched +  and branched +
White Mountain alum-root +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
2100-3700 m +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
bearing 1-5 cauline leaves +  and leafless +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (60 cm600 mm <br />0.6 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Rocky slopes +
multicellular +
short-stipitate-glandular +
saucer--shaped +
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 +
rounded;ovate +
entire +  and dentate +
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 +
distinct +
unlobed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
peltate +  and jointed +
long-stipitate-glandular +
Flowering Jun–Sep. +
unequal +
in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. +
dark-brown +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
fusiform +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (?) +
green-tipped +
distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
glabrous +, long-stipitate-glandular +  and glaucous +
Heuchera wootonii +
Heuchera +
species +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
crenate +  and dentate +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +