Mitella
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Mitella is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or bishop's caps. These are perennial plants growing from a scaly rhizome bearing wide heart- or spade-shaped leaves near their bases and extending tall, erect raceme or spike inflorescences of five-petaled flowers. The common names of this genus originate in the resemblance of the capsule fruits to a mitre. Mitella species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia.
Selected species:
- Mitella breweri - Brewer's miterwort
- Mitella caulescens - slightstemmed miterwort
- Mitella diphylla - twoleaf miterwort
- Mitella diversifolia - angleleaf miterwort
- Mitella nuda - naked miterwort
- Mitella ovalis - coastal miterwort
- Mitella pentandra - fivestamen miterwort
- Mitella prostrata - creeping bishop's cap
- Mitella stauropetala - smallflower miterwort
- Mitella trifida - threepart miterwort
