Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Heuchera parvifolia Nutt. ; T. & G. FL N. Am. 1 : 581. 1840
Acaulescent and cespitose ; flowering branches scapiform, naked, glandular-pubescent, 1^ dm. high; petioles 3-10 cm. long, glandular-puberulent or glabrous; blades reniform, usually with an open sinus, with 7-9 shallow, rounded lobes, and crenate with round teeth, glandular-puberulent or glabrous ; inflorescence first short, but soon elongated ; hypanthium green, openly turbinate, glandular-puberulent, together with the broadly ovate sepals 2-3 mm. high ; petals yellowish, spatulate, with a broad, short claw, usually somewhat exceeding the sepals.
Type locality : Blue Mountains of Oregon.
Distribution : Hills from Alberta and eastern Oregon to New Mexico and Arizona.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
