Heuchera parviflora Bartling var. saurensis R.A. Folk. Common name: Sauratown Grotto Alumroot. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Shaded cliff base, nearly always in deeply shaded situations where little or no direct sunlight falls. Distribution: Known only from the Sauratown Mountains and Linville Gorge, in the upper Piedmont and Blue Ridge escarpment of nw. NC
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Folk & Freudenstein (2014, 2015) for discussion of this variety.
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Folk & Freudenstein (2015); < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. — RAB, S, S13, W; < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. var. parviflora — FNA8, Wells (1984); < Heuchera parviflora Bartl. var. rugelii (Shuttlew.) Rosend., Butters, & Lakela — Rosendahl, Butters, & Lakela (1936). Basionym: Heuchera parviflora Bartl. var. saurensis R.A.Folk 2015
Links to other floras: < Heuchera parviflora var. parviflora - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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