Heuchera micrantha

Herbs caulescent; caudex branched. Flowering stems 6–57 cm, short to long stipitate-glandular or glabrous, viscid. Leaves: petiole glabrous or sparsely to densely short to long stipitate-glandular; blade orbiculate to polygonal, shallowly to deeply 5–7(–9)-lobed, 2.5–10 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, margins dentate, apex rounded or obtuse, surfaces glabrous or short to long stipitate-glandular, viscid. Inflorescences diffuse. Flowers: hypanthium radially symmetric, free to 1.5 mm, greenish white, often tinged with red, obconic to hemispheric, broadly turbinate, or campanulate, 1–4.9 mm, long stipitate-glandular, sometimes short stipitate-glandular proximally; sepals spreading to nearly erect, green- or red-tipped, equal, 0.5–1.8 mm, apex rounded to acute or mucronate; petals often coiled, white or pale pink, oblanceolate, (narrowly clawed), unlobed, 1.6–3.3 mm (2–3 times as long as sepals), margins entire; stamens exserted to 3 mm; styles exserted to 2.5 mm, 0.2–4.2 mm, to 0.1 mm diam. Capsules ovoid, 3–8.5 mm, beaks divergent, not papillose. Seeds black, broadly ellipsoid, (not curved), 0.5–0.8 mm.

3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun

Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

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Heuchera Micrantha

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