Mitella diversifolia |
Mitella diphylla |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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. |
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Synonyms | Ozomelis diversifolia | |
Name authority | Greene: Pittonia 1: 32. 1887 , | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 406. 1753 , |
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