Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Heuchera novomexicana Wheelock
(New Mexico Alumroot)

Family: Saxifragaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
None

Heuchera novomexicana has spreading dark green leaves on long petioles. The leaves are lobed and crenate or irregularly coarsely dentate. The central portion of the leaf is tinged with purple. The long flowering scape is bears bright white flowers. Heuchera novomexicana is found near middle elevation seeps in rocks.
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Heuchera novomexicana, photo Russ Kleinman, Burro Mtns., Deadman Canyon, May 10, 2007


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