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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Saxifragaceae
Heuchera richardsonii R.Br.
prairie alumroot, Richardson's alumroot
Heuchera: after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677-1747), professor of medicine and botanist at Wittenberg, Germany
richardsonii: for Sir John Richardson (1787-1865, its discoverer), Scottish naturalist and boreal and artic North American explorer
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall forb |
| Flower: | green to cream, 5-parted, tubular-shaped, the 1/3" long, upper surface overhanging the shorter (to half as long) lower surface; inflorescence a 7" dense, narrow, branched cluster (panicle) of drooping flowers, its long stalk with a few scale-like bracts; blooms June-July |
| Leaf: | basal, long-stalked, palmately-divided into 7-9 lobes with 3-5 smaller, rounded lobes |
| Habitat: | dry, moderate moisture, or wet; woods, prairies |
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