Scientific Name:
Heuchera micrantha
cvs.
Pronunciation:
HEW-kur-uh my-KRAN-thuh
Common Name:
fancy-leafed coral bells, small-flowered alumroot, crevice alumroot
Family Name:
Saxifragaceae
Plant Type:
Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:
Leaves lobed, usually pubescent, green to reddish-green or purple-green in color and may have very long, gland-dotted petioles; florets pink, white, or greenish in an erect panicle to 1m tall.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Mounded
Texture:
Coarse
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
B.C. west of Cascades, Garden origin, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Reclamation, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on camopus inclue H. 'Chocolate Ruffles', Palace Purple, H. 'Pewter Moon' (leaves with silvery mosaic; flowers pale pink and relatively large), and H. 'Obsidian' (leaves very dark brown with rounded teeth). Hybrid cultivars that probably involve this parent species include H. 'Crimson Curls'.
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Pubescent
Shapes:
Ovate
Apices:
Obtuse
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Dentate, Undulate (wavy)
Inflorescence Type:
Thyrse, Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Urceolate
Ovary Position:
Perigynous
Colour (petals):
Showy, White (stem blood red)
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May
Fruit Type:
Capsule
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jun
Additional Info:
Not showy
Bark or Stem Colour:
Propagation:
Seed
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 2355
Location(s):
- (CGW) Community Garden West : cv. Crimson Curls
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North : cv. Palace Purple
- (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : cv. Chocolate Ruffles
- (ONE) Overpass North side East : cv. Palace Purple
- (ONW) Overpass North side West : cvs. Palace Purple, Chocolate Ruffles
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden