Mitella pentandra (Mitrewort)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

Montane, subalpine. Woodlands, streamsides, wetlands. Spring, summer.

Linnaeus named the Mitella genus in 1753, and William Jackson Hooker named Mitella pentandra in 1829 from plants that had been grown from seeds Thomas Drummond collected in the northern Rockies.  "Mitella" is Latin for "turban". "Pentandra" is from the Greek for "five anthers".