BREWER’S MITREWORT

Class: Mitella breweri

Family: SAXIFRAGE FAMILY

Sub Family: Saxifragaceae

Year: Perennial

Other Names: Bishop's Ccap

Colour: Yellow to greenish-yellow

Height: 15-30 cm (6-12")

Each Flower: Lacy appearance due to 5 petals modified by being finely dissected into several oppositely paired thread-like segments; alternating with petals are lobes of saucer-shaped calyx; 5 stamens opposite calyx lobes

Leaves: Several basal leaves with reddish, downy stalks; blades kidney-shaped and very shallowly several lobed; lobes shallowly toothed, 4-7.5 cm (1 1/2-3") broad

Stems: Thin, leafless, slightly hairy, and reddish below

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Moist mountain meadows and slopes up to timberline

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