|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Heuchera parvifolia var. utahensis (Rydb.) Garrett | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
||||||||
| TAXONOMY | |||||||||
| Family: | Saxifragaceae | ||||||||
| Genus: | Heuchera | ||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||
| Common Names: | small alumroot little-leaf alumroot |
||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||
| Canada: | southeastern Alberta – southwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Cypress Hills | ||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Cypress Upland | ||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | gravelly, grassy, or shrubby slopes and ridges | ||||||||
| Associated Species: | prairie smoke, rough fescue, timber oatgrass | ||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Endangered | ||||||||
| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 S1 | ||||||||
| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None | ||||||||
| COSEWIC Status: | None | ||||||||
| Small alumroot is endangered because of extreme rarity in Saskatchewan. Although it is limited to the Cypress Hills region, it is usually locally numerous within limited areas. Possible threats have been identified for this species. | |||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||
| Height: | 20 – 40 cm | ||||||||
| Roots: | rootstocks stout, scaly | ||||||||
| Stems: | stem base persistent, woody, branched; flowering stems short-hairy, glandular | ||||||||
| Leaves: | basal, stalked, 1 – 3 cm wide, round to heart-shaped, hairless above, hairless or short-hairy below, margin deeply cleft, lobes rounded; stipules present | ||||||||
| Inflorescence: | branched, narrow and dense, elongating and expanding to 10 – 30 cm long, interrupted at maturity | ||||||||
| Flowers: | hypanthium saucer-shaped, ca. 2 mm long, glandular, short-hairy; sepals 5, 2 – 3 mm long; petals 5, minute, broadly elliptic to oval, spreading, white or yellowish; stamens 5, very short, incurved; ovary covered by a glandular disc | ||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule | ||||||||
| |||||||||
