PLANTS Profile for Mitella pentandra (fivestamen miterwort)

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PLANTS Profile

Mitella pentandra Hook.
fivestamen miterwort

Symbol:

MIPE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Saxifragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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W. Carl Taylor. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Mitella pentandra Hook.

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Synonyms:
Mitella pentandra Hook.

PEPE16

Pectiantia pentandra (Hook.) Rydb.

Native Status:
Mitella pentandra Hook.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Mitella pentandra Hook.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 11 species in Mitella

Classification:
Mitella pentandra Hook.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus	Mitella L. – miterwort
Species	Mitella pentandra Hook. – fivestamen miterwort

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Mitella pentandra Hook.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

FACW

FAC*

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Mitella pentandra Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24412.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 05:00 AM CDT