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Romanzoffia sitchensis
Also called Sitka Mistmaid, Sitka Romanzoffia, Cliff Romanzoffia
Sitka mistmaiden is a small native wildflower of moist, rocky cliffs and mountain habitats in western North America. It is grown mainly in rock gardens and needs cool, moist, well-drained conditions to thrive.
Romanzoffia sitchensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrophyllaceae. It is known by the common name Sitka mistmaiden. It is native to western North America from Alaska through British Columbia and Alberta to far northern California and Montana.
It grows in moist, rocky habitat, such as mountain cliffsides. It grows erect to 20, or occasionally 30, centimeters tall, the base of the stem widened where the overlapping petioles of the leaves emerge. The leaf blades are somewhat rounded or oval and notched into lobes along the edges.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Romanzoffia sitchensis 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.
