Heuchera maxima
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Heuchera maxima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family
known by the common names island alumroot and Jill-of-the-Rocks. It is endemic to three of the eight Channel Islands of California
, where it grows on cliffs. It is also cultivated as an attractive garden plant. This is a rhizomatous
perennial herb growing a broad patch of large, rounded, multilobed green leaves with long petioles
and a fringe of hairs along the edges. It produces an erect inflorescence
up to 60 centimeters tall with many clusters of hairy, glandular flowers. Each flower is rounded with fleshy white or pink lobes and tiny petals curling away from the center. The protruding stamen
s are tipped with large anthers.
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 names island alumroot and Jill-of-the-Rocks. It is endemic to three of the eight Channel Islands of California
Channel Islands of California
The Channel Islands of California are a chain of eight islands located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California along the Santa Barbara Channel in the United States of America...
, where it grows on cliffs. It is also cultivated as an attractive garden plant. 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 growing a broad patch of large, rounded, multilobed green leaves with long petioles
Petiole (botany)
In botany, the petiole is the stalk attaching the leaf blade to the stem. The petiole usually has the same internal structure as the stem. Outgrowths appearing on each side of the petiole are called stipules. Leaves lacking a petiole are called sessile, or clasping when they partly surround the...
and a fringe of hairs along the edges. It produces an erect 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...
up to 60 centimeters tall with many clusters of hairy, glandular flowers. Each flower is rounded with fleshy white or pink lobes and tiny petals curling away from the center. The protruding stamen
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
s are tipped with large anthers.