Romanzoffia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{automatic taxobox |image = Romanzoffiasitchensis.jpg |image_caption = ''Romanzoffia sitchensis'' |taxon = Romanzoffia |authority = Cham.<ref name=WFO_4000033440/> |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 5 - see text }}

'''''Romanzoffia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the waterleaf family Hydrophyllaceae.<ref name=WFO_4000033440>{{Cite WFO |title=''Romanzoffia'' Cham.. |id=4000033440 |access-date=2025-12-24}}</ref> 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.<ref name = powo/> 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== Five species are accepted.<ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:19784-1 ''Romanzoffia'' Cham.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 31 July 2024.</ref> *''Romanzoffia californica'' {{small|Greene}} - California mistmaiden *''Romanzoffia sitchensis'' {{small|Bong.}} - Sitka mistmaiden *''Romanzoffia thompsonii'' {{small|Marttala}} - Thompson's mistmaiden *''Romanzoffia tracyi'' {{small|Jeps.}} - Tracy's mistmaiden *''Romanzoffia unalaschcensis'' {{small|Cham.}} - Alaska mistmaiden

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==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4518,4716 Jepson Manual (TJM) treatment of ''Romanzoffia'']

Category:Hydrophyllaceae Category:Flora of Northern America Category:Taxa named by Adelbert von Chamisso Category:Boraginales genera