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Plant Profile

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)?

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

University of California Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

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

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