Romanzoffia
Genus of flowering plants
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Romanzoffia is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family Hydrophyllaceae.[1] 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.[2] 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.
| Romanzoffia | |
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| Romanzoffia sitchensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Hydrophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Romanzoffia Cham.[1] |
| Species | |
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5 - see text | |
Species
Five species are accepted.[2]
- 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
