Prairie Alumroot
Heuchera richardsonii
Prairie alumroot is the sun- and drought-tolerant heuchera of the tallgrass prairie, with greenish bell flowers and deep roots, thriving where most heucheras would fail.
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, green, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, OK, SD, WI, WY
Related native plants
More Heuchera species
- Crevice Alumroot (Heuchera micrantha)
- American Alumroot (Heuchera americana)
- Littleleaf Alumroot (Heuchera parvifolia)
- Pink Alumroot (Heuchera rubescens)
- Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa)
- Coral Bells (Heuchera sanguinea)