Saxifragaceae
Poker alumroot
Heuchera cylindrica
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Heuchera
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- هوشرية أسطوانية, هوشرية ألبية
- Chinese
- 塔顶矾根
- English
- Poker alumroot, Roundleaf alumroot
- Persian
- برگگیلاسی استوانهای
- Swedish
- Axalunrot
Synonyms
- Heuchera alpina (S.Watson) Blank.
- Heuchera columbiana Rydb.
- Heuchera cylindrica f. valida Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera cylindrica var. alpina S.Watson
- Heuchera cylindrica var. glabella Wheelock
- Heuchera cylindrica var. orbicularis (Rosend., Lakela & Lakela) Calder & Savile
- Heuchera cylindrica var. ovalifolia (Nutt.) Wheelock
- Heuchera cylindrica var. septentrionalis Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera cylindrica var. suksdorfii (Rydb.) Dorn
- Heuchera cylindrica var. typica Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera glabella Torr. & A.Gray
- Heuchera glabella var. columbiana (Rydb.) Piper
- Heuchera glabella var. suksdorfii (Rydb.) Rosend.
- Heuchera ovalifolia Nutt.
- Heuchera ovalifolia var. alpina (S.Watson) Rosend.
- Heuchera ovalifolia var. orbicularis Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera ovalifolia var. thompsonii Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera ovalifolia var. typica Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera saxicola E.E.Nelson
- Heuchera suksdorfii Rydb.
- Heuchera suksdorfii f. ribesoides Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera suksdorfii f. sandbergui Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera suksdorfii f. typica Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Holochloa cylindrica (Douglas) Nutt.
- Holochloa elata Nutt.
- Holochloa glabra Nutt.
- Holochloa ovalifolia Nutt.
- Yamala cylindrica Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.