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Mitella trifida

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Isotype of Mitella stenopetala Piper var. parryi Piper [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Type of Mitella trifida Graham [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Mitella trifida Graham var. violacea (Rydb.) Rosend. [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Isotype of Mitella stenopetala Piper [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Mitella trifida Graham var. violacea (Rydb.) Rosend. [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Type of Mitella trifida Graham [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Isotype of Mitella ovalis Greene [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Mitella trifida Graham [family SAXIFRAGACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Mitella diphylla
  • Mitella violacea
  • Mitella stenopetala
  • Mitella trifida
Common name
  • Pacific mitrewort, Flora of North America Vol. 8

Flora

Entry for Mitella trifida Graham [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Mitella trifida Graham [family SAXIFRAGACEAE], Edinburgh New Philos. J., 7: 185. 1829 ,
Mitella trifida var. violacea (Rydberg) Rosendahl [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Ozomelis anomola (Piper) Rydberg [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Ozomelis micrantha (Piper) Rydberg [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Ozomelis trifida (Graham) Rydberg [family SAXIFRAGACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Douglas E. Soltis
Craig C. Freeman
Information
Plants not stoloniferous. Flowering stems 12–45 cm. Leaves: petiole 2.5–10 cm, subglabrous or short stipitate-glandular and long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs retrorse, white, tan, or brown; blade cordate, cordate-ovate, or reniform, usually shorter than or sometimes ± as long as wide, 1.2–6 × 2–8 cm, margins shallowly 5- or 7-lobed, crenate, uniformly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe rounded to obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences 1–3, closely 4–20-flowered, 1 flower per node, weakly secund or not secund, 12–45 cm, short stipitate-glandular and, sometimes, sparsely long stipitate-glandular proximally and distally. Pedicels 0.3–1.5 mm, short stipitate-glandular. Flowers: hypanthium campanulate, 1–1.5 × 1.5–2.5(–3) mm; sepals erect or spreading, whitish or purple tinged, oblong to triangular-ovate, 0.8–1.5 × 1–1.3 mm; petals white, sometimes pink or purple tinged, 3-lobed or, sometimes, unlobed, 1–3.5 mm, lobes lanceolate, lateral lobes ascending; stamens 5, opposite sepals; filaments white, 0.1–0.2 mm; anthers 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.2 mm; ovary ca. 1/2 inferior; styles divergent, flattened, 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas unlobed. Seeds dark reddish brown, 0.7–1 mm, pitted. 2n = 14.
Phenology
Flowering May–Jul
Altitude range
300–2000 m
Distribution
USA AlaskaUSA Calif.USA IdahoUSA Mont.USA Oreg.USA Wash.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.
Discussion
Mitella trifida varies in flower size, petal-blade lobing, and pubescence. Plants with relatively small flowers and petal blades entire or shallowly trifid and often purplish have been named var. violacea. Plants matching this description occur in British Columbia, Montana, and Washington and appear to represent a minor morphological variant that does not warrant recognition.
The Gosiute Indians of Utah made an infusion from roots of Mitella trifida to treat colic (D. E. Moerman 1998).

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