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Heuchera americana (American alumroot; alumroot)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Heuchera americana, or American alumroot, is a small (under 2 ft. high and wide) evergreen perennial native to eastern and central North America in the Saxifrage family.
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Infraspecies

Heuchera americana var. americana (American alumroot)
Heuchera americana var. hirsuticaulis (American alumroot)
Heuchera americana var. hispida (American alumroot)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Bees
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [2]  The root can be used as an alum substitute, this is a mordant that is used in fixing dyes; The root is rich in tannin and it has been suggested that this is the mordant; A good ground cover plant for the woodland garden; Plants should be spaced about 35cm apart each way;
Height [2]  18 inches (0.45 m)
Width [2]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Epinotia heucherana[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0