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ALUMROOTS 



Heu'chera spp. 



Flowers yellowish, bracted, in a rather 

 dense, spikelike cluster % to 3J{ in. long 

 at end of leafless, densely sticky- 

 hairy stalks 4 to 24 in. high 



Outer united flower parts (calyx or 

 hypanthium) urn-shaped or bell- 

 shaped, with 5, petal-like, lance-shaped 

 to broadly oval lobes about same 

 length as united portion ; petals usually 

 lacking 



Stamens 5, shorter than calyx lobes 

 and opposite them 



Seed pod (capsule) egg-shaped, 1- 

 celled, opening between the 2 beaks 

 (styles), many-seeded 



Leaves all basal, tliickish, M to 2 

 in. long, stalked, usually densely sticky- 

 hairy, oval in. outline, with squared, 

 rounded, or slightly heart-shaped base, 

 .5-lobed; lobes toothed 



Root with thickened, woody, scaly, 

 erect to almost horizontal root crown, 

 which is often branched in older plants 



Ovalleaf alumroot (Heuchera ovalifo'lia). 



