Heuchera pilosissima Fisch. & C.A.Mey. is a plant in the Saxifragaceae family, order Saxifragales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Heuchera pilosissima Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Heuchera pilosissima Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Heuchera pilosissima, or seaside/Parish's alumroot, is a rhizomatous perennial flowering plant endemic to northern two-thirds of California's coastline.

Family
Genus
Heuchera
Order
Saxifragales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Heuchera pilosissima Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

Heuchera pilosissima Fisch. & C.A.Mey. is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family. Its common names are seaside alumroot and Parish's alumroot. This plant is endemic to the northern two-thirds of the California coastline, where it grows on coastal bluffs and in nearby forests. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb that produces lobed, oval-shaped leaves 4 to 9 centimeters wide, with each leaf growing on a long petiole. The erect inflorescence can reach a maximum height of over half a meter, and is covered in glandular hairs. It bears dense clusters of rounded, hairy flowers. Each flower has pink or yellowish lobes, tipped with small white or pink petals. The stamens and stigma protrude from the narrow mouth of the flower.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Saxifragales Saxifragaceae Heuchera

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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