Heuchera maxima

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Saxifragales

Familia: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Heuchera
Species: Heuchera maxima
Name

Heuchera maxima Greene
References

Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 2, 6:149. 1886
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Heuchera maxima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names
English: island alumroot

Heuchera maxima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, known by the common names island alum root, Channel Islands coral bells, and Jill of the rocks.

It is endemic to the four northern Channel Islands of California, within Channel Islands National Park. It grows on canyon cliffs in coastal sage scrub habitats.[1]

Description

Heuchera maxima is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing a broad patch of large, rounded, multilobed green leaves with long petioles and a fringe of hairs along the edges. It grows 1–3 feet (30–91 cm) in height.[2]

It produces an erect inflorescence up to 60 centimetres (24 in) tall, with many clusters of hairy, glandular flowers. Each flower is rounded with fleshy white or pink lobes and tiny petals curling away from the center. The protruding stamens are tipped with large anthers.
Cultivation

Heuchera maxima is also cultivated as an ornamental plant for traditional, drought tolerant, native plant, and wildlife gardens. It prefers part shade, including as a groundcover in dry shade conditions under oaks.[3]
See also

Flora of the Channel Islands of California
List of California native plants

References

Calflora database: Heuchera maxima . accessed 1.28.2013
"Heuchera Maxima - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
Las Pilitas Nursery horticultural treatment: Heuchera maxima (island alum root) . accessed 1.28.2013