heucheran.
/ˈhɔɪkərə/ Botany.
A plant of a large genus of perennial herbs, of the family Saxifragaceæ, native to North America.
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prattling parnel1597
pride of London1629
prince's feather1629
London pride1697
none-so-pretty1731
sanicle1760
heuchera1772
nancy-pretty1825
Bergenia1838
St. Patrick's cabbage1851
spider plant1852
strawberry geranium1880
garden gate1881
megasea1886
maiden's wreath1893
mother of thousands1910
1772 R. Weston Universal Botanist III. 387 American Heuchera or Sanicle.
1829 Edwards's Bot. Reg. 15 Pl. 1302 (heading) Small-flowered Heuchera.
1884 J. Wood Hardy Perennials 143 The Heucheras bloom from May to August.
1924 R. Wright Pract. Bk. Outdoor Flowers ii. i. 99 The newer hybrid Heucheras.
1962 Amateur Gardening 21 Apr. 4/2 Heucheras like open soil and an open position.
Derivatives
heucheˈrella n. a member of a group of bigeneric hybrids between heuchera and tiarella.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > saxifrage and allies > [noun]
sengreenc1000
wayworta1300
saxifragec1440
stonebreak1548
grass of Parnassus1578
mountain pennywort1578
white liverwort1597
breakstone1688
Parnassia1727
mitella1731
lady's cushion1739
tiarella1759
American bastard sanicle1760
sanicle1760
mitrewort1771
queen's cushion1825
bishop's-cap1839
astilbe1843
coolwort1848
mitrewort1848
rodgersia1874
chrysosplene1877
rockfoil1879
old man's beard1882
foam flower1895
Indian rhubarb1897
mossy1938
piggyback plant1946
heucherella1949
1949 L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants (rev. ed.) 481 Heucherella: from heuchera and tiarella.
1961 Amateur Gardening 23 Sept. 2/2 Hybrids, between heuchera and Tiarella wherryi, listed as heucherella.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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