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§1 Plant

Heuchera sanguinea Engelm.

vernacular coralbells — species · Saxifragaceae


USDA
HESA3
GBIF
3032653
Rank
species
coralbells (Heuchera sanguinea)
Platephotograph · Jerry OldenettelCC BY-NC-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Saxifragaceae Juss.
Genus
Heuchera
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 5 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 5 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
145 min.
Precipitation
12–55 in/yr
pH range
5.2–8
Root depth
10 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
1.5 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Red
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Propagation
seed, container, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 5 counties across 2 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HESA3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3032653 ↗

Record version

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