Romanzoffia californica
Romanzoffia californica is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name California mistmaiden.[1] It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in moist and wet habitat, such as coastal bluffs and mountain forests.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Boraginales |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Romanzoffia |
| Species: | R. californica |
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| Romanzoffia californica | |
Romanzoffia californica grows erect to 40 centimeters tall from a network of hairy brown tubers. Around the base is a number of leaves with rounded, evenly lobed blades on petioles several centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a curving cyme of flowers, each on a small, erect pedicel. The flower has a funnel-shaped corolla which may just exceed a centimeter long, set in a calyx of pointed sepals. The corolla is white in color with a yellow throat. The fruit is a capsule up to a centimeter long.
References
- USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Romanzoffia californica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Romanzoffia californica at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Romanzoffia californica at Wikispecies- Calflora Database: Romanzoffia californica (California mistmaiden, California romanzoffia)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Romanzoffia californica
- USDA Plants Profile for Romanzoffia californica
- UC Photos gallery of Romanzoffia californica