Mitella pentandra
Alpine Mitrewort

Family: Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)

Photo taken at Swauk Pass, wet meadow in partial shade, elevation 5400 ft.

Flowers:

inflorescence 1 to 4 dm tall, blooming bottom to top; the 5 stamens opposite petals; petals green, 5 to 10 linear lobes; styles unlobed or shallowly 2 lobed at tip; anthers much broader than long; ovary almost completely inferior

Fruit:

Leaves:

basal; blade 1.5 to 8 cm wide, 5 to 9 lobed, sharply toothed

Plant:

1 to 4 dm tall

Habitat:

streambanks, wet meadows, and moist woods

Distribution of species:

Alaska to California and Colorado

Distribution of genus:

12 species: temperate to arctic North America and Asia