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Saxifragaceae
Heuchera

Heuchera missouriensis Rosendahl. Common name: Missouri Alumroot, Interior Low Plateau Grotto Alumroot. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Shaded cliff base, usually under overhangs, on grotto floors, nearly always in deeply shaded situations where little or no direct sunlight falls. Distribution: S. IN and s. IL south through Cumberland TN to n. AL and ne. MS (Tishomingo County).

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Section: Holochloa. Subsection: Villosae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Folk & Freudenstein (2014, 2015) for discussion of this species.

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Folk & Freudenstein (2015); < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. — Tn; < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. var. parviflora — C, FNA8, Wells (1984); < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. var. rugelii (Shuttlew.) Rosend., Butters, & Lakela — F, G, Il, Rosendahl, Butters, & Lakela (1936); < Heuchera puberula Mack. & Bush — S, S13. Basionym: Heuchera missouriensis Rosend. 1951

Links to other floras: < Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora - FNA8

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