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Tufted Alumroot (Heuchera caespitosa)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 152128
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020
Description:

Where is Tufted Alumroot (Heuchera caespitosa) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Tufted Alumroot can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Tufted Alumroot (Heuchera caespitosa)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 4 accessions of Heuchera caespitosa in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 111313 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 4 seed accessions of Heuchera caespitosa from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 250 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Heuchera caespitosa
Authority
Family Saxifragaceae
CPC Number 46675
ITIS
USDA HECA36
Duration Perennial
Common Names
Associated Scientific Names
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California SNR
Ecological Relationships

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