Pectiantia ovalis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Pectiantia ovalis (Greene) Rydb.

Coastal miterwort

Pectiantia ovalis is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Mitella ovalis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~62 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Pectiantia
Family:	Saxifragaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Occurs in wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Redwood Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


iNat	Brewerimitella ovalis
JEF	Mitella ovalis
POWO	Brewerimitella ovalis
PLANTS	Mitella ovalis

Information about Pectiantia ovalis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MIOV) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/08/2025).