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Gooseberry-leaf Alumroot - Heuchera grossulariifolia

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Native Species

Global Rank: G4
State Rank: S4
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General Description
Stems 6–40 cm. Leaf blades ovate to orbicular, 1–4 cm wide, shallowly 5- to 7-lobed, crenate, glabrous to glandular-puberulent. Flowers campanulate, slightly irregular; calyx 2–5 mm long, greenish-white; the lobes 2–3 mm long, erect; petals white, 1–2 mm long; stamens shorter than the sepals. Capsules 4–7 mm long (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety grossulariifolia.

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

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Range Comments
WA, OR, ID and MT (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 47

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Habitat
Usually granitic soil of crevices, rock slides, fellfields; montane to lower alpine (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus pensylvanicus (Colla and Dumesh 2010).


References
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Gooseberry-leaf Alumroot — Heuchera grossulariifolia.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from