Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Heuchera pilosissima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name seaside alumroot and Parish's alumroot. It is endemic to the northern two thirds of the California coastline, where it grows on coastal bluffs and in nearby forests. This is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing lobed oval-shaped leaves 4 to 9 centimeters wide, each on a long petiole. The erect flower cluster reaches over half a meter in maximum height and is covered in glandular hairs. It bears dense clusters of rounded, hairy flowers. Each flower has pink or yellowish lobes tipped with small white or pink petals. The stamens and stigma protrude from the narrow mouth of the flower.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

8 - 19 in Tall

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Color

Pink, Yellow, White

Special uses

Containers, Deer resistant, Groundcover

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Sunset Zones

5*, 14, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Ocean bluffs, slopes

Plant communities

Closed-cone Pine Forest, Forest

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