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Brewer's Bishop's Cap

Brewerimitella breweri

Also called Brewer's Mitrewort, Feathery Bishop's Cap

Brewer's Bishop's Cap
Photo: Walter Siegmund (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Brewerimitella breweri is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, known by the synonyms Mitella breweri and Pectiantia breweri and by the common names Brewer's mitrewort and Brewer's bishop's cap. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to central California (Sierra Nevada range) and Nevada, where it grows in moist meadows, woods, and mountain forests.

It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing up to about 30 or 40 centimetres (12 or 16 in) tall. Most of the leaves occur around the base of the stem. They have rounded blades several centimetres wide and edges divided into dull toothed lobes. The erect inflorescence bears several flowers, sometimes over 50, usually along one side of the stem. The distinctive flower is saucer-shaped with five greenish petals which are divided into narrow, whiskerlike lobes.

Other Brewerimitella plants

Coastal Bishop's Cap · Bishop's Cap

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brewerimitella breweri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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