Alum-Root
Heuchera Americana. Saxifrage Family.
Stems.--Two to three feet high; glandular; more or less hairy. Leaves.--Heart-shaped; with short, rounded lobes; wavy-toothed, mostly from the root. Flowers.--Greenish or purplish; in long narrow clusters. Calyx.--Bell-shaped; broad; five-cleft. Corolla.--Of five small petals. Stamens.--Five. Pistil.--One, with two slender styles. In May the slender clusters of the alum-root are found in the rocky woods.