Romanzoffia tracyi Jeps.
Tracy's romanzoffia (Tracy's mistmaiden)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Tracy's romanzoffia (Tracy's mistmaiden)
Hydrophyllaceae (Waterleaf family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from well-developed, brown-woolly basal tubers; stems several, ascending, long glandular-hairy, 2-12 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves numerous, the blades round to kidney-shaped, 1.5-3 cm wide, palmately veined, shallowly lobed or coarsely toothed, stalks 1-8 cm long with expanded, overlapped, slightly thickened bases, these soft-hairy on the margins; stem leaves similar, few, reduced upwards.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of several short-stalked flowers in a compact, terminal cluster; corollas white, usually with yellow centres, 6-8 mm long and wide; calyces equal to or longer than the clefts of the corollas, the lobes linear-lanceolate, soft-hairy.
Fruits:
Capsules, 2-chambered; seeds numerous. vol3_6
Illustration
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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Habitat and Range
Mesic to moist coastal bluffs in the lowland zone; rare on S Vancouver Island; S to N CA.Status Information
Taxonomic Keys
1. Plants bearing well-developed, brown-woolly tubers at the base; rare in the lowland zone...................................R. tracyi
1. Plant without tubers, but the leaf stalks strongly dilated and overlapping to form a bulbous base; infrequent to frequent in the upper montane to alpine zones..................................R. sitchensis Source: Illustrated Flora of British Columbia |