Botanical atlas
Two-Leaf Miterwort
Mitella diphylla
This plant is kept in the atlas for identification and safety, not for use. Read the safety notes below before handling it, and keep it away from children, cats, and food.
Two-leaf miterwort grew quietly in the shaded understory long before it found its way into any garden bed, and it was the Iroquois who first put it to use, brewing the leaves into a gargle for sore mouths and throats and into a tea thought to support the kidneys. It never became a headline herb the way its showier woodland neighbors did, but it earned a steady, unassuming place in the home remedy chest of the communities who lived closest to it. Today it is treasured far more for its quiet beauty in the shade garden than for its medicine chest, a plant whose modest history is as delicate as its flowers.
Safety.
Two-leaf miterwort has no documented toxicity and no significant safety concerns at traditional amounts.
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