Heuchera richardsonii

Alumroot

Rootstock
Two miles south, two miles west of Tantallon
20-June-2003

Richardsonii:  Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF) and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this species.  Note that Budd's Flora states that the calyx is 5-12 mm long.  This is only true if you include the hypanthium. Note that Flora of the Great Plains states that both stamens and styles can be included to exserted. 

flowers large

hypanthium strongly oblique (FOA)

hypanthium together with the sepals 8-10 mm long (FOA)

calyx strongly oblique (BF)

calyx 5-12 mm long; NOT 2-4 mm long (BF)

petals purplish; NOT whitish or yellowish

stamens slightly exceeding the sepals (BF, FOA)

 

Heuchera: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus.

herbs

rootstock elongated, scaly; NOT corm-like, NOT bulblet-bearing

leaves, if in a basal rosette, toothed or lobed

usually more than one flower

inflorescence a spike-like panicle; NOT a raceme

petals present

petals entire

sterile stamens NOT present

5 stamens

2 styles

ovary 1-loculed, with 2 parietal placentae

 

Saxifragaceae: Answers to key questions from Budd's Flora leading to this family.  Note that Budd's Flora states that the calyx is regular.  In fact, the calyx is irregular in this species.

herbs

plants terrestrial or semi-aquatic

plants NOT with coloured milky juice

plants with more than one normal leaf

some or all leaves alternate

leaves without stipules, or having glands

flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others

receptacle cup-shaped

calyx regular

corolla regular in shape

5 petals

5 stamens

ovary superior

2 carpels