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Romanzoffia
Sign in to saveRomanzoffia is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family Hydrophyllaceae. Its species are 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. 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
mistmaidens
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderBoraginales
- FamilyHydrophyllaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Collections
- WTU, CMN, CM, CAS, CHRB, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hydrophyllaceae
- Image
- Romanzoffiasitchensis.jpg
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Romanzoffia is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family Hydrophyllaceae. Its species are 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. 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. Romanzoffia californica - California mistmaiden Romanzoffia sitchensis - Sitka mistmaiden Romanzoffia thompsonii - Thompson's mistmaiden Romanzoffia tracyi - Tracy's mistmaiden Romanzoffia unalaschcensis - Alaska mistmaiden
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Romanzoffia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.