45; see text Heuchera (/ˈhjuːkɪrə/ HEW-kih-rə[2] or /ˈhɔɪkərə/ HOY-kih-rə[3]) is a genus of largely evergreen[4] perennial plants in the family Saxifragaceae.

The genus was named after Johann Heinrich von Heucher (1677–1746), an 18th-century German physician,[7] and Professor at Wittenberg University.

H. maxima is found on the Channel Islands of California, where it grows on rocky, windy, saline-washed ocean shores, and H. sanguinea, called coral bells because of its cerise flowers, can be found in the warm, dry canyons of Mexico and adjacent New Mexico and Arizona.

[11] The roots of H. cylindrica had a variety of medicinal uses among the Blackfoot, Flathead, Kutenai, Okanagan, Colville, and Shuswap.

There is an extensive array of blossom sizes, shapes, and colors, foliage types, and geographic tolerances.