MISCELLANEOUS 339 



COMMON ALUM ROOT: 



Heuchera americana. 



Saxifrage Family. May Aug. 



Found in dry and rocky woods. Connecticut 

 to North Carolina, westward to Minnesota, 

 Kansas, and Mississippi. 



FLOWERS Greenish or purplish, 5-cleft, with sev- 

 eral orange-tipped filaments protrud- 

 ing; borne in a long, narrow cluster on 

 a more or less hairy stem, 2-3 feet 

 high. 



LEAVES Heart-shaped, with rounded lobes and 

 teeth. 



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