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Brewer's miterwort, Brewer's mitrewort

creeping mitrewort, slightstem miterwort

Habit Plants not stoloniferous. Plants usually stoloniferous.
Flowering stems

8–25(–40) cm.

13–45 cm.

Leaves

petiole 1.5–7.5(–12) cm, subglabrous or short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs spreading, reddish brown;

blade broadly cordate to reniform, usually shorter than, sometimes ± as long as wide, 1.5–7.9 × 1.5–11 cm, margins shallowly 7-, 9-, or 11-lobed, singly or doubly crenate-dentate, glabrous or irregularly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe rounded, surfaces glabrous or sparsely short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular;

cauline leaves absent.

petiole 1.5–14 cm, short stipitate-glandular and, usually, long stipitate-glandular, longer hairs spreading to retrorse, white;

blade broadly cordate to broadly ovate, ± as long as wide, 1.2–6.5(–8.5) × 1.4–7(–8.2) cm, margins 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed, crenate-dentate, irregularly ciliate, apex of terminal lobe acute to obtuse, surfaces short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular;

cauline leaves 1–3, proximal or mid cauline, alternate, sessile or petiolate, blade 0.3–4.3(–6) × 0.4–4.4(–7) cm.

Inflorescences

1–2, densely (6–)20–40(–60)-flowered, 1–2(–3) flowers per node, not secund, 8–25(–40) cm, glabrous or sparsely arachnoid-pilose proximally, glandular-puberulent distally.

1–2(–4), remotely 5–25-flowered, 1(–2) flowers per node, (anthesis basipetalous), not secund, 13–45 cm, short stipitate-glandular and sparsely long stipitate-glandular proximally, short stipitate-glandular distally.

Pedicels

1–2 mm, short stipitate-glandular.

2–8 mm, short stipitate-glandular.

Flowers

hypanthium broadly saucer-shaped, 0.8–1.6 × 2.5–3.5 mm;

sepals spreading, yellowish green or greenish, triangular to broadly triangular, 0.7–1 × 0.9–1.9 mm;

petals greenish yellow or greenish, (4–)7–11-lobed, 1.5–2 mm, lobes linear, lateral lobes spreading;

stamens 5, opposite sepals;

filaments white or greenish, 0.1–0.2 mm;

anthers 0.1–0.2 × 0.2–0.5 mm;

ovary nearly completely inferior;

styles divergent, flattened, 0.1–0.2 mm;

stigmas 2-lobed.

hypanthium broadly campanulate, 1.5–2 × 3–5.5 mm;

sepals spreading or recurved, greenish, deltate-ovate, 0.9–1.5 × 1.4–2 mm;

petals whitish green or greenish, sometimes purple tinged proximally, 5–9-lobed, 3–4 mm, lobes linear, lateral lobes spreading;

stamens 5, opposite sepals;

filaments usually purple proximally and white distally, sometimes entirely white, 0.6–0.9 mm;

anthers 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.4 mm;

ovary 1/2 inferior;

styles erect or spreading, cylindric, 0.8–1.1 mm;

stigmas unlobed.

Seeds

dark reddish brown or blackish, 0.8–1.2 mm, pitted.

reddish purple or dark reddish brown, 0.7–1 mm, pitted.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Mitella breweri

Mitella caulescens

Phenology Flowering May–Sep. Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Moist forests, glades, stream banks, meadows, open to wooded mountain slopes Deep woods, meadows, stream banks
Elevation 500-3500 m (1600-11500 ft) 0-2100 m (0-6900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; WA; AB; BC
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from FNA
CA; ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
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Source FNA vol. 8, p. 112. FNA vol. 8, p. 112.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Mitella Saxifragaceae > Mitella
Sibling taxa
M. caulescens, M. diphylla, M. diversifolia, M. nuda, M. ovalis, M. pentandra, M. stauropetala, M. trifida
M. breweri, M. diphylla, M. diversifolia, M. nuda, M. ovalis, M. pentandra, M. stauropetala, M. trifida
Synonyms Pectiantia breweri Mitellastra caulescens
Name authority A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 533. 1865 , Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 586. 1840 ,
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