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Romanzoffia californica
California mistmaiden is a small perennial wildflower from the Pacific coast of Oregon and northern California, growing from brown tubers in moist, cool places like coastal bluffs and mountain forests. It is best kept cool and damp, which is the key to growing it well.
Romanzoffia californica is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae. It is known by the common name California mistmaiden. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in moist and wet habitat, such as coastal bluffs and mountain forests.
Romanzoffia californica grows erect to 40 centimeters (16 in) 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.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Romanzoffia californica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
