Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Romanzoffia californica Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 5: 39 (1902) |
Native Range | w. Oregon to ne. & wc. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 0-800m |
Description | leaves 1-4cm wide, crenate, dentate or lobate, petiole 3-10cm long, flowers to 12mm long, many, in branched cyme |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
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 sitchensis f. suksdorfii (Greene) Brand Romanzoffia spergulina Greene Romanzoffia suksdorfii Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |