Heuchera eastwoodiae

Rosendahl

Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. 2: 152. 1936,.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 102. Mentioned on page 84, 85, 86.

Herbs acaulescent; caudex unbranched. Flowering-stems 30–50 cm, short or long-stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole nearly glabrous or short to long-stipitate-glandular; blade (purple abaxially, variegated adaxially), orbiculate-cordate, shallowly 5-lobed, 2.5–8.5 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex short-apiculate, surfaces short to long-stipitate-glandular abaxially, short-stipitate-glandular or sparsely long-stipitate-glandular adaxially. Inflorescences dense. Flowers: hypanthium weakly bilaterally symmetric, free 1.5–2 mm, cream or greenish, broadly turbinate or campanulate, 3–4.5 mm, short or sparsely medium stipitate-glandular; sepals 6, incurved at apex, red-tipped, equal, 1–1.5 mm, apex acute; petals absent or (1–) 6 and much reduced, erect, greenish, lanceolate, unlobed, 1 mm, margins entire; stamens 6, included 1 mm; styles included 1.5 mm, to 1 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 5–7 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark-brown, asymmetrically ellipsoid or convex-fusiform, 0.6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Shaded, rocky slopes
Elevation: 1500-1900 m

Discussion

Heuchera eastwoodiae occurs in central Arizona and is unique in the genus for its hexamerous flowers.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"full" is not a number.

... more about "Heuchera eastwoodiae"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
Elizabeth Fortson Wells +  and Barbara Greene Shipes +
Rosendahl +
cordate +
not papillose +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
3-9-lobed +, polygonal +, oblong +, cordate +, ovate +, orbiculate +  and reniform +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
1500-1900 m +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
bearing 1-5 cauline leaves +  and leafless +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Shaded, rocky slopes +
multicellular +
greenish +  and cream +
stipitate-glandular +
campanulate +  and turbinate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
bracteate +, not secund +  and 100-1000-flowered +
dense +  and diffuse +
opposite +  and alternate +
5-lobed +  and orbiculate-cordate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (8.5 cm85 mm <br />0.085 m <br />) +
rounded +
entire +  and dentate +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
distinct +
unlobed +  and lanceolate +
reduced +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
peltate +  and jointed +
long-stipitate-glandular +  and glabrous +
Flowering May–Aug. +
unequal +
Minnesota Stud. Pl. Sci. +
dark-brown +
straight +
muricate +, cellular-rugulose +, tuberculate +, pitted +, papillate +  and wrinkled +
convex-fusiform +  and ellipsoid +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
connate +  and distinct +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
long-stipitate-glandular +  and short-stipitate-glandular +
Heuchera eastwoodiae +
Heuchera +
species +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
crenate +  and dentate +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +