Heuchera pubescens Pursh
Detail
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Botanical Name
- Heuchera pubescens Pursh
- Common Name
- Marbled Alumroot
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Heuchera pubescens Pursh
- Comments
- Plants from higher elevations from the Va-W. Va. border area with rounded-reniform leaves, large flowers, and white, exserted petals were named H. alba by Rydberg. Though included here by Wells (1984), we recognize and map this taxon separately.
Heuchera pubescens is a broad Central Appalachian endemic. - Habitat
- Rocky forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops, tolerant of a range of soil and rock chemistries; in the mountains, it typically occurs at higher elevations than H. americana.Frequent in the mountains; rare in the inner Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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