Mitella nuda
 
Bishop's-Cap

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Hudson Bay Regional Park
30-May-2018

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Nuda: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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rootstocks creeping, very slender; NOT [rootstocks short, thick]

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petals pinnatifid or fringed; NOT [petals 3-cleft at the tip]

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petals greenish or yellow; NOT [petals white or purplish]

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stamens 10; not [stamens 5]

 

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Mitella: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs]

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leaves shallowly to more or less deeply lobed; NOT [leaves deeply lobed or divided]

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sepals 5; NOT [sepals 4]

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petals present; NOT [petals absent]

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petals pinnatifid, fringed or 3-cleft; NOT [petals entire], NOT [petals 3- to 5- lobed]

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sterile stamens not present; NOT [bundles of sterile stamens (staminodia) alternating with stamens]

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stamens 5 or 10; NOT [stamens 2-8, mostly 4-7]

 

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Saxifragaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

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plants not with colored milky juice

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

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leaves without stipules, or having glands; NOT [leaves with stipules]

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receptacle cup-shaped

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flowers with two floral rings

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calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

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corolla regular in shape; NOT [corolla irregular in shape]

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each petal distinct from the others

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petals 5; NOT [petals 4]

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stamens 10 or fewer; NOT [stamens usually more than 10]

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ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

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carpels 1 or 2; NOT [carpels 3 -5]