Romanzoffia

Genus of flowering plants

Romanzoffia
Romanzoffia sitchensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Hydrophylloideae
Genus: Romanzoffia
Cham.
Species[1]

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 and the Aleutian Islands.[1] 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

Five species are accepted.[1]

  • Romanzoffia californica Greene - California mistmaiden
  • Romanzoffia sitchensis Bong. - Sitka mistmaiden
  • Romanzoffia thompsonii Marttala - Thompson's mistmaiden
  • Romanzoffia tracyi Jeps. - Tracy's mistmaiden
  • Romanzoffia unalaschcensis Cham. - Alaska mistmaiden

References

  1. ^ a b c Romanzoffia Cham. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  • Jepson Manual (TJM) treatment of Romanzoffia
Taxon identifiers
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