Mitella formosana (Hayata) Masam.

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Mitella

Characteristics

Herbs perennial, 14.5-24 cm tall. Rhizomes elongate, slender. Leaves all basal; petiole 7-13 cm, densely brown crisped glandular villous; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 3.5-7 × 3.3-5 cm, both surfaces glandular strigose, base cordate, margin irregularly dentate, obscurely 5-7-lobed, apex acute. Raceme slender, 3-10 cm, glandular villous, many flowered; pedicels 2-4 mm, glandular hairy. Sepals broadly ovate, ca. 1.2 × 1.3 mm, abaxially glandular hairy, 1-veined, apex acute. Petals ca. 3.6 mm, margin deeply pinnately 5-7-cleft; segments linear, glandular dotted. Stamens 5, ca. 0.9 mm. Carpels 2, connate; ovary ca. 1/2 subinferior, broadly ovoid; styles ca. 0.5 mm; stigmas 2-lobed. Fruit a capsule. Seeds numerous, ellipsoid-fusiform, ca. 1 mm. Fl. Apr-Aug. 2n = 14*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.24
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Distribution

Mitella formosana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791952-1
WFO ID wfo-0001136019
COL ID 8KW7T
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Synonyms

Pectiantia formosana Mitella formosana Mitella japonica var. formosana