Mitella pentandra Hook.

Fivestamen miterwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Mitella

Characteristics

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.
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Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
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Images

Mitella pentandra unspecified picture

Distribution

Mitella pentandra world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:791974-1
WFO ID wfo-0001135552
COL ID 8KTLS
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mitella latiflora Pectiantia mitelloides Mitellopsis pentandra Mitellopsis drummondia Mitella pentandra Pectiantia pentandra Pectiantia latiflora Drummondia mitelloides Mitella pentandra f. stolonifera