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Heuchera micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name crevice alumroot. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows on rocky slopes and cliffs. Within California it is found primarily in the central and northern Coast Ranges and Sierra foothills.This plant is quite variable in appearance. There are a number of wild and cultivated Varieties: The leaves are lobed and usually coated in glandular hairs. They are green to reddish-green or purple-green in color and may have very long, gland-dotted petioles. The plant produces an erect flower cluster up to a meter high bearing many clusters of pink, white, or greenish flowers. Each rounded flower has fleshy, hairy lobes tipped with tiny petals and protruding stamens and stigma.
Perennial herb
1 - 3 ft Tall
1 ft Wide
Evergreen
Green, Purple, Pink, White
Summer, Spring
Containers, Deer resistant, Groundcover
Partial Shade, Deep Shade
Moderate
Max 1x / month once established
Tolerates cold to 16 °F
Medium
Prefers rocky substrate.
Soil PH: 5 - 8
For propagating by seed: No treatment.
Moist, rocky banks and cliffs
Closed-cone Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Red Fir Forest, Forest, Yellow Pine Forest
Trees: Tanoak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus), Madrone (Arbutus menziesii), Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), Oak (Quercus spp.), Bay Laurel (Umbellularia californica), Red Fir (Abies magnifica), Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Other plants: Manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), Ceanothus spp., Clarkia spp., Larkspur (Delphinium spp.), Coffeeberry (Frangula californica), Coast Silktassel (Garrya elliptica), Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor), Lilium spp., Lupine (Lupinus spp.), Sticky Monkeyflower (Diplacus aurantiacus), Gooseberry (Ribes spp.), Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus or mollis)
alscape, Bornstein, C., Fross, D., O'Brien, B. (2005). California Native Plants for the Garden. Cachuma Press, Schmidt, M.G, Greenberg, K.L. (2012). Growing California Native Plants (2nd ed.). University of California Press, California Flora Nursery.