Heuchera elegans
From California Natives Wiki
Species Name: Heuchera elegans
Common Name: Urn-Flowered Alumroot
- Found only in the San Gabriel Mountains. Bright pink flowers attract hummingbirds and butterflies to your shady garden. Does well on rocky slopes or outcrops.
- Plant Family: Saxifragaceae
- Plant Type: Perennial
- Height by Width: 1' H x 1' W
- Growth Habit: Clumping rosettes
- Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen
- Growth Rate: Moderate
- Sun Exposure: Part sun to shade
- Soil Preference: Well-draining, rocky
- Water Requirements: Occasional to moderate
- Cold Hardy to: 15 degrees F
- Flower Season: Spring/Summer
- Flower Color: Bright pink
- Endangered?: List 4/ RED 1-1-3
- Distribution: Transverse Range (San Gabriel Mountains)
- Natural Habitat: Rocky areas from 4800--8000'
- Care and Maintenance
- History
- Other Names
- References
- Bornstein, Carol, David Fross, and Bart O'Brien. California Native Plants for the Garden. Los Olivos, CA: Cachuma Press. 2005.
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