Heuchera hirsutissima
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Heuchera hirsutissima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family
known by the common name shaggy-haired alumroot. It is endemic to the San Jacinto Mountains
of Riverside County, California
, where it grows on rocky slopes. While uncommon in the wild, this species is cultivated as an attractive garden flower. This is a rhizomatous
perennial herb with small, lobed, rounded leaves. It produces an erect, hairy inflorescence
which bears light pink flowers.
Saxifragaceae
Saxifragaceae is a plant family with about 460 known species in 36 genera. In Europe there are 12 genera.The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic...
known by the common name shaggy-haired alumroot. It is endemic to the San Jacinto Mountains
San Jacinto Mountains
The San Jacinto Mountains are a mountain range east of Los Angeles in southern California in the United States. The mountains are named for Saint Hyacinth . The Pacific Crest Trail runs along the spine of the range.The range extends for approximately from the San Bernardino Mountains southeast to...
of Riverside County, California
Riverside County, California
Riverside County is a county in the U.S. state of California. One of 58 California counties, it covers in the southern part of the state, and stretches from Orange County to the Colorado River, which forms the state border with Arizona. The county derives its name from the city of Riverside,...
, where it grows on rocky slopes. While uncommon in the wild, this species is cultivated as an attractive garden flower. This is a rhizomatous
Rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes...
perennial herb with small, lobed, rounded leaves. It produces an erect, hairy inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
which bears light pink flowers.