''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
The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ...
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[ 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.
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Species
Five species are accepted.[''Romanzoffia'' Cham.]
''Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
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*'' Romanzoffia californica'' - California mistmaiden
*'' Romanzoffia sitchensis'' - Sitka mistmaiden
*'' Romanzoffia thompsonii'' - Thompson's mistmaiden
*'' Romanzoffia tracyi'' - Tracy's mistmaiden
*'' Romanzoffia unalaschcensis'' - Alaska mistmaiden
References
External links
Jepson Manual (TJM) treatment of ''Romanzoffia''
Hydrophylloideae
Flora of Northern America
Taxa named by Adelbert von Chamisso
Boraginaceae genera
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