Heuchera brevistaminea is a rare species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family[2] known by the common name Laguna Mountains alumroot. It is endemic to the Laguna Mountains of San Diego County, California.[3] It grows in rock crevices and steep cliffsides in chaparral and yellow pine forest habitats.[4] This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an inflorescence up to 25 centimeters tall. The flowers are bright pink or magenta.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Heuchera |
| Species: | H. brevistaminea
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| Binomial name | |
| Heuchera brevistaminea Wiggins
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Ira L. Wiggins reported this species from the adjacent Sierra Juarez in Baja California,[6] but there are no specimens to verify this claim.[7]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
- ^ "Saxifragaceae: Saxifrage Family. Identify plants and flowers". www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "Heuchera brevistaminea Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "CNPS Inventory Plant Detail". www.rareplants.cnps.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ "Home > Heuchera (all) for California". calscape.org. Retrieved 2020-01-05.
- ^ Wiggins, Ira L. (1980). Flora of Baja California. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 808. ISBN 0-8047-1016-3. OCLC 6284257.
- ^ Rebman, Jon P.; Gibson, Judy; Rich, Karen (15 November 2016). "Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 45. San Diego Natural History Museum: 334 – via San Diego Plant Atlas & San Diego Natural History Museum.
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