Bishop's Cap
Mitella nuda

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Growing it
| When | Flowers May to June; fruits July to August |
|---|---|
| Type | groundcover |
| Sun | Full shade |
| Water | Medium, high |
| Soil | pH 5–6.5 |
| Hardiness | zone 2–6 |
| Mature height | 0.15 m |
| Mature spread | 0.45 m |
| Spacing | 0.3 m |
| Years to maturity | 3 |
| Bloom | May–Jun |
| Flower colour | White read from a published flora |
| In bloom | May June |
| Fruit | Jul–Aug |
| Native to | AB, SK |
heart-shaped leaves about 5 cm long
Where it has been recorded
Which ecoregions the records fall in
- Western Alberta Upland central AB: 609 records, high confidence
- Aspen Parkland central AB / SK: 253 records, high confidence
- Northern Continental Divide south AB: 156 records, high confidence
- Mid-Boreal Uplands central AB / SK: 154 records, high confidence
- Boreal Transition central AB / SK: 147 records, high confidence
- Eastern Continental Ranges central AB: 87 records, high confidence
- Peace Lowland north AB: 25 records, high confidence
- Cypress Upland south AB / SK: 16 records, medium confidence
- Wabasca Lowland north AB: 13 records, medium confidence
- Slave River Lowland north AB: 9 records, medium confidence
- Western Boreal central AB: 6 records, low confidence
- Churchill River Upland north SK: 3 records, low confidence
- Clear Hills Upland north AB: 3 records, low confidence
These are counts of records collected somewhere in the region, which is the resolution of the evidence: the map above shows where inside it. A region with 3 records is not the same claim as one with three hundred, so the count travels with the region. A region missing from this list means nobody has recorded it there, which is not the same as the plant being absent. Records within 900 m of a border count for neither side, because the border is not drawn finely enough to say which one they are on. Source: GBIF occurrence search + PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pass, retrieved 2026-08-24. Boundaries digitised from the National Ecological Framework for Canada v2.2 (Ecological Stratification Working Group 1995), simplified to about 900 m for display: an outline is accurate to roughly a kilometre, not to the metre. How these counts are made.
See every observation, live and current, on GBIF or iNaturalist.
Documented animals
No animal relationships are documented for this species in our sources. That is a gap in the catalogue, not evidence that nothing uses it.
Also worth knowing
Safety
Toxicity not assessed, absence of a warning is not a guarantee of safety
Buying it
About $8–$16 per plant (estimate), usually from a native-plant nursery. Estimate (groundcover default); AB retail as of 2026
Where these numbers came from
- Flower detail: not verified, a genus-level estimate