Saxifragaceae
Coralbells
Heuchera sanguinea
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Genus
- Heuchera
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Common names
By language (13)
- Belarusian
- Гейхера крывава-чырвоная
- Chinese
- 红肾形草, 红花矾根, 红花肾形草
- Czech
- Dlužicha krvavá
- Danish
- Purpurklokke
- English
- Coralbells, Coral bells
- Estonian
- Verev helmikpööris
- Finnish
- Korallikeijunkukka
- Hungarian
- Vérvörös tűzeső
- Polish
- Żurawka krwista
- Russian
- Гейхера кроваво-красная
- Slovenian
- Krvavordeča iskrivka
- Swedish
- Blodalunrot
- Welsh
- Clychau cwrel
Synonyms
- Heuchera pulchra Rydb.
- Heuchera sanguinea f. hirtella Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera sanguinea var. pulchra (Rydb.) Rosend.
- Heuchera sanguinea var. typica Rosend., Butters & Lakela
- Heuchera townsendii Rydb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elizabeth Bush, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.