Family:
Saxifragaceae
Common Name(s):
Bishop's cap, miterwort
Flowering Time:
April to early June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign:
Seeds turn glossy black
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates:
Late May, early June
Seed Cleaning:
None required
Storage:
Dry
Restoration Potential:
Low
Notes
Produces limited seed; low to no vegetative spread, rhizomes twisted and stout (Fernald 1970, Runkel and Bull 2009).
Mature transplants added to a woodland degraded by cattle grazing in Wisconin disappeared within eight years (Ellarson and Craven (1982). However, seedlings transplanted into the field had 50% survival after 7 years (Mottl et al. 2006), suggesting that transplanting could still be a successful method of re-introduction.
