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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Saxifrages, Stonecrops, and Allies
  6. Saxifrage Family
  7. Alum Roots
  8. Heuchera Sect. Holochloa
  9. Crevice Alumroot

species 12,366 observations

Crevice Alumroot

Heuchera micrantha

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Heuchera micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name crevice alumroot, or small-flowered alumroot.

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13 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Epinotia digitana, Greya piperella 2
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Phytomyza tiarellae 1
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Perplexing Bumble Bee, Two-spotted Bumble Bee, Black-tailed Bumble Bee, Prickly Ceratina 10

Children

  • Heuchera micrantha macropetala
  • Hartweg's Alumroot
  • Heuchera micrantha erubescens

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Light
Full sun Part shade Full shade
Moisture
Moist
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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