Mitella stauropetala Piper

Smallflower miterwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Mitella

Characteristics

Plants not stoloniferous. Flowering stems 10-55 cm. Leaves: petiole 2-15 cm, short stipitate-glandular and long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs retrorse or, sometimes, spreading, white, tan, or brown; blade cordate or reniform, shorter than or sometimes ± as long as wide, (1.5-)2.5-10 × 2-8(-12) cm, margins 5-or 7-lobed, singly or doubly crenate, uniformly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous or short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences 1-3(-6), closely 10-45-flowered, 1 flower per node, strongly secund, 10-55 cm, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular proximally and distally. Pedicels 0.5-1.5 mm, short stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium turbinate-campanulate, 1.4-2.7 × 1.5-2.5(-3) mm; sepals erect or with tips spreading, greenish white to white, sometimes purple-tinged, oblong, oblong-obovate, or widely ovate, 1-2.2 × 0.7-1.2 mm; petals white, sometimes purple-tinged, 3-lobed or, sometimes, unlobed, 1.5-4 mm, lobes linear to lanceolate, lateral lobes ascending or spreading; stamens 5, opposite sepals; filaments white, 0.1-0.2 mm; anthers 0.3-0.5 × 0.2-0.3 mm; ovary ca. 2/3-3/4 inferior; styles divergent, flattened, 0.1-0.2 mm; stigmas unlobed. Seeds dark reddish brown to blackish, 0.8-1.2 mm, pitted. 2n = 14.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Flower

Mitella stauropetala flower picture by kate halsey (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Mitella stauropetala world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162784-2
WFO ID wfo-0001135553
COL ID 8LF2T
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Synonyms

Mitella parryi Mitella stauropetala Ozomelis stauropetala Mitella stenopetala Ozomelis stenopetala Ozomelis parryi Mitella stauropetala var. stenopetala Mitella stauropetala var. stauropetala Mitella stenopetala var. parryi Mitella trifida var. stauropetala