Mitella

Also known as Bishop's cap, Mitrewort, Miterwort

Mitella is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or '''bishop's caps'. Mitella'' species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia.

Species

Genus

PhylumArthropoda
ClassThecostraca
OrderPollicipedomorpha
FamilyPollicipedidae

Native toAlabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Arkansas, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Chita, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia

唢呐草属（学名：Mitella）是虎耳草科下的一个属，为多年生草本植物。该属共有约15种，分布于北美和日本。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 376
With media: 288
Family: Saxifragaceae
Collections: CAS, RSA, ANSP, DAV, SBBG, CHAS
Recorded in: United States, Spain

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Saxifragaceae
Image: 2015-05-03-10h06m58 (32128061236).jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Mitella
Commons category: Mitella
topic's main category: Category:Mitella
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=7669
taxon common name: 唢呐草属

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Mitella is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or '''bishop's caps'. Mitella species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia.

==Description== Mitella includes perennials growing from a scaly rhizome, bearing wide heart- or spade-shaped leaves near their bases and flowers with five petals in a long raceme or spike.

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