Mitella diversifolia |
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angle-leaf Bishop's-cap, angle-leaf mitrewort, angleleaf miterwort |
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Habit | Plants not stoloniferous. |
Flowering stems | 15–50(–65) cm. |
Leaves | petiole 3–10(–19) cm, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs spreading or retrorse, white or reddish brown; blade cordate-ovate or triangular-cordate, longer than or ± as long as wide, 1.3–7.7(–9) × 1.2–7.1(–8) cm, margins 5- or 7-lobed, irregularly crenate or dentate, uniformly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe acute, surfaces short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular; cauline leaves absent or 1–2, proximal, alternate, petiolate, 0.3–3 × 0.3–1.6 cm. |
Inflorescences | 1–3, closely to remotely 8–35-flowered, 1(–2) flowers per node, weakly secund or not secund, 15–50(–65) cm, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular proximally, short stipitate-glandular distally. |
Pedicels | 0.2–1.5 mm, short stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium obconic-campanulate, 1.2–1.8 × 1.4–2.2 mm; sepals erect or spreading, whitish, oblong-ovate to oblong-triangular or triangular, (0.6–)0.9–1.2 × 0.6–1 mm; petals white, sometimes pink or purple tinged, 3–5-lobed, 1–1.5 mm, lobes linear, lateral lobes ascending; stamens 5, opposite sepals; filaments white, 0.2–0.3 mm; anthers 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.2 mm; ovary at least 3/4 inferior; styles spreading, flattened, 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas indistinctly 2-lobed. |
Seeds | dark reddish brown or blackish, 0.8–1.4 mm, pitted. |
2n | = 14. |
Mitella diversifolia |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jul. |
Habitat | Moist woods, stream banks |
Elevation | 500-2000 m (1600-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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Discussion | Mitella diversifolia occurs from Klickitat County, Washington, south to El Dorado County, California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 113. |
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Synonyms | Ozomelis diversifolia |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 1: 32. 1887 , |
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