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Fivestamen Mitrewort - Mitella pentandra
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5?
State Rank:
S4S5
Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value:
7
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General Description
Stems 10–60 cm. Leaf blades 1–8 cm wide, suborbicular with crenate margins. Inflorescence of 5 to 25 flowers maturing upward. Flowers saucer-shaped; calyx 2–3 mm wide, the lobes spreading to reflexed; petals 1–3 mm long with 3 to 4 pairs of lobes; stamens 5, opposite the petals. Capsule almost completely inferior
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Range Comments
AK to AB south to CA and CO (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 120
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Relative Density
Recency
(Observations spanning multiple months or years are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Moist to wet forest, cliffs, stony wet meadows, often along streams, growing in moss; montane to upper subalpine
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
References
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Cramer, P.C. 1992. Small mammal diversity and abundance in Douglas Fir old growth forests. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 64 p.- Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
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