North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Saxifragaceae>Heuchera

American Alumroot (Heuchera americana) American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
Durham Division, Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
4 May 2013

American Alumroot (Heuchera americana) American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
Durham Division, Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
4 May 2013

American Alumroot (Heuchera americana) American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
Durham Division, Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
4 May 2013

American Alumroot (Heuchera americana) American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
Durham Division, Duke Forest, Durham Co., NC
4 May 2013


Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa) Hairy Alumroot, Rock Alumroot, Crag-jangle (Heuchera villosa)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006

Found in the mountains and piedmont in NC, it's common at high elevations growing in rock crevices and other rocky locations.

Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa) Hairy Alumroot, Rock Alumroot, Crag-jangle (Heuchera villosa)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006

Note the villose floral tube and the maple-shaped leaves (below).

Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa) Hairy Alumroot, Rock Alumroot, Crag-jangle (Heuchera villosa)
Avery Co., NC
26 July 2006


Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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