Twoleaf Miterwort

Synonyms:   Bishop's Cap

Scientific Name:   Mitella diphylla


Distinguished by its fringed flower petals and its pair of nearly sessile leaves on its flowering stalk.

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Twoleaf Miterwort


Genus species: Mitella diphylla
Common Names: Twoleaf Miterwort, Bishop's Cap
Family Name: Saxifragaceae  
Perennial herbs; leaves various, simple or compound, stipules mostly absent; flowers bisexual, mostly regular, in various clusters; fruit a lobed capsule or nearly separate follicles.
Seed Type Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:White
Identified by:A. Swanson
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