| Scientific Name: | Heuchera americana (incl. hybrid cvs.) |
| Common Name: | fancy-leaved coral bells, alumroot |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - central, Canada - eastern, U.S. - central, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Container planting, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Rugose, Ovate, Dentate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves reaching 30-40cm high, basal, orbicular, most (3-)7-11cm wide, 5-7(-9) lobed, base cordate, palmate venation, margin dentate, glabrous, somewhat leathery and glossy, petioles long; panicles reaching 40-60(-130)cm tall, open with greenish-white flowers, 5-7mm wide, May-Jun. | |