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heuchera Bot.|ˈhɔɪkərə|
[mod.L., f. the name of J. H. Heucher (1677–1747), German botanist (C. Linnæus Hortus Cliffortianus (1737) 82).]
A plant of a large genus of perennial herbs, of the family Saxifragaceæ, native to North America. Hence heucheˈrella, a member of a group of bigeneric hybrids between heuchera and tiarella.
1772R. Weston Universal Botanist III. 387 American Heuchera or Sanicle. 1829Bot. Reg. XV. 1302 Small-flowered Heuchera. 1884J. Wood Hardy Perennials 143 The Heucheras bloom from May to August. 1924R. Wright Pract. Bk. Outdoor Flowers ii. i. 99 The newer hybrid Heucheras. 1949L. H. Bailey Man. Cultivated Plants 481 Heucherella: from heuchera and tiarella. 1961Amateur Gardening 23 Sept. 2/2 Hybrids, between heuchera and Tiarella wherryi, listed as heucherella. 1962Ibid. 21 Apr. 4/2 Heucheras like open soil and an open position. |