The inhabitant from southern Ontario to Georgia, Oklahoma and into Michigan, with greenish-white flowers, yielded foliage brewed into a tea for the relief of diarrhea, piles, and gargled for sore throats
The names roll around the mouth like a rich red wine: Berry Marmalade; Berry Smoothie; Blackberry Crisp; Cherry Cola; Ginger Peach; Midnight Bayou; Mysteria; Peach Crisp. Following Hemerocallis and Hosta, Heuchera moved into the limelight.
Members of the family Saxifragaceae, these genetically unstable North American natives are named after Johann Heinrich Heucher, 1677-1747, professor of medicine at Wittenberg. Commonly referred to as Alum Root or Coral Bells, a dozen or more species are to be found from near Hudson Bay south and west even as far as coastal British Columbia, mainly in dry woods with neutral pH soils.
