This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Heuchera americana. Saxifrage Family. May - Aug.
Found in dry and rocky woods. Connecticut to North Carolina, westward to Minnesota, Kansas, and Mississippi.
Greenish or purplish, 5-cleft, with several orange-tipped filaments protruding; borne in a long, narrow cluster on a more or less hairy stem, 2 - 3 feet high.
Heart-shaped, with rounded lobes and teeth.
 
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