Romanzoffia
| Romanzoffia | |
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| Romanzoffia sitchensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophylloideae |
| Genus: | Romanzoffia Cham. |
| Species | |
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5 - see text | |
Romanzoffia is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family known as mistmaids or mistmaidens. There are 5 species which are native to western North America from California north to Alaska. Mistmaids may be annual or perennial and low patchy herbs to small bushes, depending on species. They bear attractive bell-shaped white flowers that make them desirable as ornamentals in the appropriate climates.
Species:
- Romanzoffia californica - California mistmaiden
- Romanzoffia sitchensis - Sitka mistmaiden
- Romanzoffia thompsonii - Thompson's mistmaiden
- Romanzoffia tracyi - Tracy's mistmaiden
- Romanzoffia unalaschcensis - Alaska mistmaiden
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