Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Heuchera > Heuchera cylindrica

Heuchera cylindrica (roundleaf alumroot)

Synonyms:

Infraspecies

Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina (Alpine alumroot)
Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella (Beautiful alumroot)
Heuchera cylindrica var. orbicularis (Poker alumroot)
Heuchera cylindrica var. septentrionalis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Mid Spring
Drought Tolerance [2]  High
Edible [3]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [2]  High
Flower Type [3]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [2]  4 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Single Crown
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Rapid
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [3]  Bees
Propagation [2]  Container, Seed
Regrowth Rate [2]  Rapid
Root Depth [2]  6 inches (15 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Moderate
Seed Vigor [2]  High
Seeds Per [2]  7616923 / lb (16792454 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Rounded
Structure [4]  Herb
Usage [3]  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 30cm apart each way;
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Flower Color [2]  White
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [3]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Width [3]  20 inches (0.5 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [2]  Low
View Plants For A Future Record : Heuchera cylindrica

Protected Areas

Predators

Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 4Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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