This genus comprises a group of small, clump-forming perennials that produce rhizomes. Native to the woodlands of East Asia and North America, these plants feature lobed leaves that are glossy and can be mid- to dark-green in color. The leaves are ovate or heart-shaped and have stalks. In summer, slender racemes, which are often asymmetrical, rise on tall stems. The flowers are small and pale, hanging or extending horizontally, each consisting of five fringed petals.

Mitella

Mitella acerina is a clump-forming evergreen perennial that typically reaches a height and spread of around 40 cm. It spreads gradually through elongated rhizomes. The plant features glossy, hairy, dark green palmate leaves at its base. From mid spring to early summer, it produces dense spikes of greenish-pink flowers, each with petals that are three-lobed and recurved.

Mitella acerina

Mitella breweri is a low-growing evergreen perennial, reaching heights of approximately 15 cm. It develops a dense clump of hairy, heart-shaped to rounded foliage with scalloped margins, supported by elongated stalks. During late spring and summer, it produces slender, upright stems that showcase one-sided clusters of small yellow-green flowers, each adorned with fringed petals.

Mitella breweri

Mitella caulescens

Mitella diphylla

Mitella doiana

Mitella formosana

Mitella furusei var. subramosa

Mitella japonica

Mitella japonica 'Variegata' (v)

Mitella kiusiana

Mitella makinoi

Mitella ovalis

Mitella pauciflora

Mitella pentandra

Mitella stauropetala

Mitella stylosa

Mitella trifida

Mitella x inami

Mitella yoshinagae

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