Romanzoffia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Hydrophylloideae
Genus: Romanzoffia
Species: R. californica‎ – R. sitchensis – R. thompsonii – R. tracyi – R. unalaschkensis‎
Name

Romanzoffia Cham., Horae Phys. Berol.: 71 (1820).

Type species: Romanzoffia unalaschcensis Cham.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Chamisso, A.v. in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, 1820. Horae Physicae Berolinenses: 71

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Romanzoffia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Romanzoffia. Published online. Accessed: Oct 24 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Romanzoffia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct 24.
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist

Vernacular names
English: mistmaids

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