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Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray  
Family: Saxifragaceae
Little-Leaf Alumroot, more...littleleaf alumroot
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Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Barbara Greene Shipes in Flora of North America (vol. 8)
Herbs acaulescent; caudex branched or unbranched. Flowering stems 4-71 cm, short stipitate-glandular. Leaves: petiole glabrate or short stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate or reniform to broadly cordate, shallowly to deeply 5-7-lobed, 1-8 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex obtuse, surfaces (glaucous), glabrate or short stipitate-glandular, sometimes long stipitate-glandular along veins abaxially, glabrate or short stipitate-glandular adaxially. Inflorescences dense at anthesis, diffuse in fruit. Flowers: hypanthium radially symmetric, free 0.4-1 mm, greenish or cream to yellow, flat, saucer-shaped, 2.5-5 mm, short stipitate-glandular and sometimes sparsely long stipitate-glandular; sepals reflexed, green- or red-tipped, equal, 0.5-1.5 mm, apex acute; petals reflexed, white, elliptic or rhombic, (clawed), unlobed, 0.7-3 mm, margins entire; nectary tissue or disc encircling base of styles at junction of ovary and free hypanthium yellow or orange, exposed; stamens included 0.5 mm, (incurved over stigmas); styles included 1-1.5 mm, 0.3-0.5 mm, 0.1+ mm diam. Capsules ovoid or subglobose, 3-6 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds dark brown, ovoid-ellipsoid, 0.6-1 mm. 2n = 14, 28. Flowering May-Sep. Rock outcrops in valleys, foothills, canyon walls, subalpine and alpine slopes; 1200-3900 m; Alta., Sask.; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Utah, Wyo. The specific epithet, parvifolia, is similar to that of another species, Heuchera parviflora, but these two species are distinct and have legitimate names. C. O. Rosendahl et al. (1936) recognized five species and eight varieties in the H. parvifolia complex, based on differences in development of the nectary disc, shapes of the hypanthium, disc, and petals, width of the leaves, lengths of the peduncle and flowers, type of indument of the petiole and peduncle, height of the inflorescence, and degree of lobing of the leaves. Some of their varieties intergrade completely. As P. K. Holmgren and N. H. Holmgren (1997) observed, expressions of some of these characters vary with the stage of development of the plant, and there seems to be no correlation of morphology with geographical distribution. Accordingly, we do not recognize infraspecific taxa in this polymorphic species. The Blackfoot Indians used pounded, wet roots of Heuchera parvifolia for rheumatism and sores, and an infusion of the roots as an eyewash. They applied a poultice of chewed roots to wounds and sores, as a styptic, and to cold sores and children“s mouth cankers. The Navajo used the plant as a panacea or 'life medicine' and for rat bites. They took a decoction of the roots for stomachaches and to ease the delivery of the placenta, and an infusion of the roots as a lotion for venereal disease (D. E. Moerman 1998).

JANAS 26(1)
Plant: perennial herb Leaves: blades 0.5-6 cm long, ovate to circular-cordate, shallowly 5-7 lobed, the lobes crenate; petioles pubescent, 1-15 cm long INFLORESCENCE: contracted, elongate panicles , 20-75 cm tall Flowers: 3-6 mm long, cream to greenish, occasionally pink tinged, glandular hairy; portion of hypanthium fused to ovary 1-1.5 mm long, pyramidal to somewhat ovoid, mostly longer than free part; sepals equal, broadly to sharply triangular, sometimes green-tipped, generally spreading; petals 1.5-3 mm long, usually longer than sepals, oblanceolate to broadly obovate or circular; stamens shorter than sepals; mature styles equal to or shorter than sepals Fruit: FRUITS 2-valved; SEEDS smooth to ridged Misc: rocky limestone outcrops and ledges REFERENCES: Elvander, Patrick. 1992. Saxifragaceae. Ariz.-Nev. Acad. Sci. 26(1)2.
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