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angle-leaf Bishop's-cap, angle-leaf mitrewort, angleleaf miterwort

Bishop's cap, mitrelle à deux feuilles, two-leaf Bishop's-cap, two-leaf mitrewort, twoleaf miterwort

Habit Plants not stoloniferous. Plants not stoloniferous.
Flowering stems

15–50(–65) cm.

10–45(–51) 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.

petiole 1.8–18 cm, medium and long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs retrorse, white or tan;

blade ovate to broadly ovate, ± as long as or longer than wide, 1.4–8.5 × 1.4–9.6 cm, margins shallowly to prominently 3- or 5-lobed, crenate or dentate, irregularly to regularly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe acute, rarely obtuse, surfaces subglabrous or sparsely short and long stipitate-glandular;

cauline leaves 2, mid cauline or distal, opposite or subopposite, subsessile to short-petiolate, blade (1.1–)1.6–8 × 0.7–6.5 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.

1–5, remotely or closely 5–22(–27)-flowered, 1 flower per node, not secund, 10–45(–51) cm, sparsely to densely spreading or retrorsely long stipitate-glandular proximally, short stipitate-glandular distally.

Pedicels

0.2–1.5 mm, short stipitate-glandular.

1–3 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.

hypanthium broadly campanulate, 1–1.6 × 2–3.4 mm;

sepals spreading, greenish white or yellowish green, triangular, 1–1.3 × 0.8–1.1 mm;

petals white, 9–11(–15)-lobed, 2–4 mm, lobes linear, lateral lobes spreading or ascending;

stamens 10, opposite and alternate with sepals;

filaments white, 0.2–0.3 mm;

anthers 0.1–0.3 × 0.1–0.2 mm;

ovary nearly superior;

styles divergent, flattened, 0.1–0.2 mm;

stigmas unlobed.

Seeds

dark reddish brown or blackish, 0.8–1.4 mm, pitted.

dark reddish brown or blackish, 1.2–1.6 mm, nearly smooth.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Mitella diversifolia

Mitella diphylla

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Moist woods, stream banks Rich woods, hardwoods on ravine slopes
Elevation 500-2000 m (1600-6600 ft) 300-2000 m (1000-6600 ft)
Distribution
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CA; OR; WA
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON; QC
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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.)

A decoction from whole plants of Mitella diphylla was used by the Iroquois as an emetic, eye medicine, and good-luck charm; seeds were used by the Menominee as sacred items in medicine dances (D. E. Moerman 1998).

Mitella intermedia T. A. Bruhin ex Small & Rydberg is a presumed interspecific hybrid between M. diphylla and M. nuda. It has been reported from New York and Wisconsin.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 8, p. 113. FNA vol. 8, p. 110.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Mitella Saxifragaceae > Mitella
Sibling taxa
M. breweri, M. caulescens, M. diphylla, M. nuda, M. ovalis, M. pentandra, M. stauropetala, M. trifida
M. breweri, M. caulescens, M. diversifolia, M. nuda, M. ovalis, M. pentandra, M. stauropetala, M. trifida
Synonyms Ozomelis diversifolia
Name authority Greene: Pittonia 1: 32. 1887 , Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 406. 1753 ,
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