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five-stamen mitrewort, fivestamen miterwort

Habit Plants sometimes stoloniferous.
Flowering stems

8–48(–60) cm.

Leaves

petiole (0.9–)1.5–8.5(–14) cm, subglabrous or sparsely short stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, sparsely long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs spreading to retrorse, white, tan, or brown;

blade ovate-cordate, ± as long as wide, (1–)2.3–8.5 × (1–)2.1–8 cm, margins shallowly (3-), 5-, 7-, or 9-lobed, doubly crenate-dentate, glabrous, apex of terminal lobe acute to obtuse, surfaces subglabrous or sparsely long stipitate-glandular;

cauline leaves usually absent, sometimes 1, proximal or distal, sessile or petiolate, blade 0.2–3 × 0.2–2.2 cm.

Inflorescences

1–3(–4), remotely 6–25-flowered, 1–2 flowers per node, not secund, 8–48(–60) cm, glabrous, subglabrous, or sparsely short stipitate-glandular proximally, short stipitate-glandular distally.

Pedicels

1.5–5(–8) mm, short stipitate-glandular.

Flowers

hypanthium broadly saucer-shaped, (0.6–)0.8–2 × (1.7–)2–2.8 mm;

sepals spreading or recurved, greenish yellow or greenish, triangular to broadly triangular, 0.6–1.1 × 0.7–1.2 mm;

petals greenish, 5–11-lobed, 1.5–3 mm, lobes linear, lateral lobes spreading;

stamens 5, alternate sepals;

filaments white, 0.1–0.2 mm;

anthers 0.2–0.3 × 0.5–0.7 mm;

ovary ± completely inferior;

styles divergent, flattened, 0.1–0.2 mm;

stigmas 2-lobed.

Seeds

reddish brown, 0.6–0.9 mm, pitted.

2n

= 14.

Mitella pentandra

Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Moist woods, stream banks, avalanche tracks, wet mountain meadows, shaded banks
Elevation 1000-3700 m (3300-12100 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; YT
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 111.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Mitella
Sibling taxa
M. breweri, M. caulescens, M. diphylla, M. diversifolia, M. nuda, M. ovalis, M. stauropetala, M. trifida
Synonyms Pectiantia pentandra
Name authority Hooker: Bot. Mag. 56: plate 2933. 1829 ,
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