Mitella
# Mitella

Mitella is a genus of flowering plants known as miterworts or bishop's caps. Mitella species are native to temperate and arctic North America and Asia.

## Description

Mitella includes perennials growing from a scaly rhizome, bearing wide heart- or spade-shaped leaves near their bases and flowers with five petals in a long raceme or spike.

## Etymology

The genus name means "little mitre", from Latin mitra with the diminutive suffix -ella, since the flowers are said to resemble bishop's headdresses. In Classical Latin use, however, mitella means "female headdress" or "sling". Latin mitra comes from Greek mítrā "girdle", "headband", or "turban".

## Species

Species include:

* Mitella breweri - Brewer's miterwort
* Mitella caulescens - slightstemmed miterwort
* Mitella diphylla - twoleaf miterwort
* Mitella diversifolia - angleleaf miterwort
* Mitella nuda - naked miterwort
* Mitella ovalis - coastal miterwort
* Mitella pentandra - fivestamen miterwort
* Mitella prostrata - creeping bishop's cap
* Mitella stauropetala - smallflower miterwort
* Mitella trifida - threepart miterwort
