Heuchera caespitosa

Urn-flowered alumroot

Family: Saxifragaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Urn-flowered alumroot is a California native perennial with a CNPS rank of 4.3, found in southern Sierra Nevada, southern Coast Ranges, and Transverse Ranges in rocky areas at elevations of 1,900 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces pink-red flowers with green tips in delicate, narrow inflorescences. Growing 10 to 36 centimeters tall with slender stems, it forms low, clustered clumps. Its rounded to kidney-shaped leaves are shallowly five-lobed, with petioles 1 to 6 centimeters long and blades 15 to 40 millimeters wide. The flower petals are oblanceolate to spoon-shaped, creating distinctive urn-like clusters characteristic of its common name.

Habitat: Rocky areas

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1900-2300 m

Bioregions: s SNH (Tulare Co.), s SCoRO (Big Pine Mtn), TR (uncommon SnBr).

California counties: Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare, Riverside, Mariposa

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.