Heuchera brevistaminea

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Heuchera
Species:
H. brevistaminea
Binomial name
Heuchera brevistaminea
Wiggins

Heuchera brevistaminea is a rare species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family[2] known by the common name Laguna Mountains alumroot. It is endemic to the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County, California.[3] It grows in rock crevices and steep cliffsides in chaparral and yellow pine forest habitats.[4] This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an inflorescence up to 25 centimeters tall. The flowers are bright pink or magenta.[5]

Ira L. Wiggins reported this species from the adjacent Sierra Juarez in Baja California,[6] but there are no specimens to verify this claim.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ↑ "Saxifragaceae: Saxifrage Family. Identify plants and flowers". www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Heuchera brevistaminea Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  4. ↑ "CNPS Inventory Plant Detail". www.rareplants.cnps.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Home > Heuchera (all) for California". calscape.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
  6. ↑ Wiggins, Ira L. (1980). Flora of Baja California. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 808. ISBN 0-8047-1016-3. OCLC 6284257.
  7. ↑ Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. San Diego Natural History Museum. 45: 334 – via San Diego Plant Atlas & San Diego Natural History Museum.
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