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Front Range Alumroot

Heuchera hallii A. Gray

Comprehensive Description

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Heuchera hallii A. Gray, Proc. Acad. Phila. 1863 : 62. 1864
Acaulescent and densely cespitose with a thick caudex ; flowering stems scapiform, naked, glabrous or minutely puberulent, 1-3 dm. high; petioles 2-8 cm. long, minutely puberulent or glabrous ; leaf-blades rounded-reniform, with an open sinus, deeply 5-7lobed and with ovate, bristle-tipped teeth, 1-3.5 cm. ^dde, thick and shining, glabrous or minutely glandular-puberulent; inflorescence narrow, short, 2-6 cm. long; hypanthium yellowish or pinkish, campanulate, together with the rounded-ovate sepals 4-5 mm. long; petals spatulate, clawed, one half longer than the sepals.
Type locality : Rocks on mountains of medium elevation (Colorado). Distribution : Alpine and subalpine regions of Colorado.
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John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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