Heuchera americana, or American alumroot (also called Coral bells or Rock geranium), is a small evergreen perennial, under 2 ft (0.61 m) high and wide, native to eastern and central North America while also ranging into Ontario, Canada. It is a part of the Saxifrage family.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of American alumroot being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Heuchera caroliniana
- Heuchera longiflora
- Heuchera richardsonii
- Heuchera missouriensis
- Heuchera puberula
- Heuchera maxima
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Saxifragales
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Heuchera
- Species
- Heuchera americana
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