Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Romanzoffia sitchensis Bong. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 2: 156 (1833) |
Native Range | Alaska to n. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Description | basal leaves reniform-orbiculate, glabrous, sometimes dentate, petiole to 15cm, inflorescence lax and elongate, rarely above leaves, flowers 6-11mm across |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Romanzoffia altera Cham. Romanzoffia glauca Greene Romanzoffia leibergii Greene Romanzoffia macounii Greene Romanzoffia mendocina Greene Romanzoffia minima Brand Romanzoffia rubella Greene Romanzoffia sitchensis var. gracilis Hook. Romanzoffia sitchensis subvar. greenei Brand Romanzoffia sitchensis subvar. macounii (Greene) Brand Romanzoffia sitchensis f. vulgaris Brand |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |