Heuchera hispida Pursh
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- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Botanical Name
- Heuchera hispida Pursh
- Common Name
- Purple Alumroot
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Heuchera hispida Pursh
- Comments
- Thought to be of hybrid origin, combining the characters of H. americana and H. pubescens, but exhibiting increased variability suggesting genetic seggregation after hybridization [Wells (1984), Syst. Bot. Monogr. 3].
This species is a broadly Central Appalachian endemic. - Habitat
- Calcareous rocky forests and rock outcrops, most numerous in carbonate-rock areas. Infrequent in mountains, rare in n. and w. Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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