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| THE SAXIFRAGE FAMILY | |||||||||
| Saxifrages are found around the world. Plants in this family are herbs, and may be somewhat fleshy. The leaves are alternate, opposite or all basal. The leaves are often toothed or lobed. The flowers are usually in branched clusters, though occasionally they may be solitary. The flowers have both the male and female parts and have a well-developed hypanthium. The hypanthium is the fusion of part of the sepals, petals and stamens that enlarges in fruit. There are four or five sepals and petals. The fruits are capsules or clusters of pods. | |||||||||
| SMALL ALUMROOT | |||||||||
| LATIN NAME: Heuchera parvifolia var. utahensis | |||||||||
| WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? | |||||||||
| Small alumroot grows to 40 cm tall. The leaves are round to heart-shaped and up to 3 cm wide. The leaves are deeply round-lobed on the margins. The flowers are in narrow, branched clusters which elongate and expand as the flowers mature. The flowers have a glandular-hairy hypanthium. There are five green sepals and five small white or yellowish petals. The fruit is a capsule. | |||||||||
| WHERE DOES IT GROW? | |||||||||
| Small alumroot grows on gravelly, grassy, or shrubby slopes and ridges. | |||||||||
| WHERE IS IT FOUND IN SASKATCHEWAN? | |||||||||
| This plant is found in southwestern Saskatchewan in the Cypress Upland ecoregion. | |||||||||
| WHY IS IT RARE? | |||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||
| HOW TO IDENTIFY SMALL ALUMROOT | |||||||||
| * Are the flowers small with yellowish or whitish
petals? * Are the leaves round to heart-shaped? * Do the leaves have rounded lobes? * Did you find it in southwestern Saskatchewan? | |||||||||
| If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may have found small alumroot! | |||||||||
