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Pacific Mitrewort - Mitella trifida
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
5
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General Description
Stems 12–40 cm. Leaf blades 2–6 cm wide, broadly ovate to suborbicular, shallowly 5 to 7-lobed with crenate margins. Inflorescence of 6 to 15 flowers maturing upward. Flowers cup-shaped; calyx 2–3 mm wide; the lobes erect, white to purple-tinged with a few glandular hairs; petals often purplish, 1–3 mm long with 3 oblanceolate lobes; stamens 5, opposite the sepals. Capsule half exposed above the hypanthium (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
Southeastern AK to MT, UT, CO and NM (Kartesz in prep. 2012).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 13
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References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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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. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Simanonok, M. 2018. Plant-pollinator network assembly after wildfire. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 123 p.
- Simanonok, M.P. and L.A. Burkle. 2019. Nesting success of wood-cavity-nesting bees declines with increasing time since wildfire. Ecology and Evolution 9:12436-12445.
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