Flora of North America species comparison

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Conimitella

conimitella
Habit Herbs, not rhizomatous, not stoloniferous; caudex scaly.
Flowering stems

erect, leafless, 25–60 cm, minutely stipitate-glandular.
Leaves

in basal rosette;

stipules present;

petiole minutely stipitate-glandular;

blade orbiculate to reniform, shallowly 5–11-lobed, lobes rounded, base cordate, ultimate margins crenate, stiffly ciliate, apex obtuse to rounded, surfaces minutely stipitate-glandular;

venation palmate.
Inflorescences

racemes, terminal from axillary buds in basal rosette, 7–15-flowered, bracteate.
Flowers

hypanthium adnate to ovary in proximal 1/2, free from ovary 1–1.5 mm, green, yellowish green, or pinkish green;

sepals 5, green, yellowish green, or pinkish green;

petals 5, white;

nectary tissue not seen;

stamens 5;

filaments filiform;

ovary 1/2–3/4 inferior, 1-locular;

placentation parietal;

styles absent;

stigmas 2.
Capsules

2-beaked.
Seeds

dark brown, ellipsoid, warty or smooth.
x

= 7.

Conimitella
Distribution
from USDA
wc North America
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 1: wc North America.

Analysis of molecular data reported by D. E. Soltis et al. (1990) has suggested that Conimitella is far more closely related to Mitella diversifolia, M. stauropetala, and M. trifida than previously believed on morphologic grounds. They made a strong argument for including Conimitella within Mitella; they deferred making nomenclatural changes until further studies are completed.

Species 1

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 105. Authors: Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Patrick E. Elvander†.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae
Subordinate taxa
C. williamsii
Name authority Rydberg: in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 96. 1905 ,
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