Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Heuchera rubescens Torrey
(Pink Alumroot)

Family: Saxifragaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Heuchera leptomeria Greene
Heuchera nana (Gray) Rydberg
Heuchera rubescens (Torrey) var. nana Gray
Heuchera sitgreavesii Rydberg
Heuchera versicolor Greene
Heuchera versicolor Greene var. leptomeria (Greene) Kearney & Peebles

Heuchera rubescens has spreading leaves on long petioles, like our other common Alumroot, Heuchera novomexicana. However, the leaves on Heuchera rubescens are bright light green without a purple tinge. The flowers are pinkish and unlike Heuchera novomexicana, the stamens are strongly exserted. Like Heuchera novomexicana, Heuchera rubescens is found near middle elevation seeps in rocks.
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Heuchera rubescens, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007



Heuchera rubescens, inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Mark Donnell, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2007


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