Pectiantia
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Mitellapentandra.jpg
|genus = Pectiantia
|parent_authority = Raf. (1837)
|species = pentandra
|authority = (Hook.) Rydb. (1905)
|synonyms =
- Drummondia mitelloides {{small|DC. (1830)}}
- Mitella latiflora {{small|(Rydb.) Fedde (1906)}}
- Mitella pentandra {{au|Hook. (1829)}} (basionym)
- Mitella pentandra f. maxima {{small|Rosend. (1914)}}
- Mitella pentandra f. stolonifera {{small|Rosend. (1914)}}
- Mitellopsis drummondii {{small|Meisn. (1837)}}
- Mitellopsis pentandra {{small|(Hook.) Walp. (1843)}}
- Pectiantia latiflora {{small|Rydb. (1905)}}
- Pectiantia mitelloides {{small|Raf. (1837)}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:186199-2 Pectiantia pentandra (Hook.) Rydb.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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Pectiantia pentandra (synonym Mitella pentandra) is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifrage Family (Saxifragaceae), known by the common names fivestamen miterwort{{PLANTS|id=MIPE|taxon=Mitella pentandra|accessdate=13 July 2015}} or five-point bishop's cap.Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2013, p. 1999
Range and habitat
Pectiantia pentandra is native to much of western North America from Alaska to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist, shady habitat such as meadows, woods, and mountain forests. In the Sierra Nevada, it grows at elevations between {{convert|5000|and|8300|ft}} and can be found in stream banks and wet meadows.
Description
Pectiantia pentandra is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to about {{convert|50|to|60|cm}} tall. The leaves have oval blades several centimeters wide with edges divided into toothed lobes, and occur mostly around the base of the stem.
The erect inflorescence bears several flowers, sometimes up to 25, usually along one side of the stem. The distinctive flower is saucer-shaped with five green petals which are divided into narrow, whiskerlike lobes.
References
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External links
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36527 Pectiantia pentandra] Jepson eFlora
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Mitella+pentandra Photo gallery]
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Category:Monotypic Saxifragaceae genera
Category:Flora of Western Canada
Category:Flora of the Western United States
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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