# coralbells

*Heuchera sanguinea*

The vibrant red flowers of this species are evolutionary beacons designed specifically to attract hummingbirds, which are their primary pollinators.

- **Taxonomy:** Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Saxifragales › Saxifragaceae › Heuchera
- **IUCN Red List status:** Least Concern
- **Population trend:** stable
- **Biome:** forest
- **Habitat:** Rocky slopes, shaded canyon crevices, and moist pine-oak woodlands.
- **Diet:** Photosynthetic (sunlight, water, carbon dioxide, and soil minerals)
- **Range:** Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Mexico
- **Size:** 30 to 45 cm tall including flower stalks; 30 cm foliage spread
- **Lifespan:** 3 to 5 years (as an individual crown, though clump-division extends this indefinitely)
- **Active:** diurnal
- **Threats:** Habitat loss from urban development, climate-induced severe droughts, and illegal wild harvesting.
- **Safe to approach?:** Harmless. You can safely approach and admire coralbells up close. Do not wild-harvest or dig up native specimens; purchase from nurseries instead. No known toxins, but ingestion is not recommended.

## About

Heuchera sanguinea , called coral bells , is a species of flowering plant in the genus Heuchera , native to the US states of Arizona and New Mexico, and to northern Mexico. A number of cultivars are commercially available. The Latin specific epithet sanguinea means blood-red, in reference to the color of the flowers. Flowers are deep pink to red, sweetly fragrant, and bell-shaped. Heuchera sanguinea is a perennial herb. The plant attracts bees and hummingbirds.

## Sources

- Plate: https://gaia-dex.com/species/5baf3d46-b76c-4ec9-92d7-0d2966e0d7e9
- iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/48384
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heuchera sanguinea
- Conservation status: IUCN Red List category, as recorded by Gaia-Dex
- Photo: https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/193150380/medium.jpeg (Elliot Kulakow, CC-BY, via iNaturalist)

Habitat, diet, size and similar notes are AI-written summaries; check them against the linked sources before relying on them.