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The plant '''''Tolmiea menziesii''''' ({{pron-en|tɒlˈmiːə mɛnˈziːzi.aɪ}})<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book,'' 1995:606–607</ref> is the only member of the monotypic genus '''''Tolmiea'''''. It is known by the common names '''youth on age''', '''thousand mothers''', and '''piggyback plant'''. It is a perennial plant commonly kept as an ornamental. It is native to the west coast of North America, especially in regions dominated by [[Sequoia|redwoods]]. It requires moisture and does not tolerate much sun or dry conditions.
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The plant is most interesting for its reproductive habits. It grows plantlets from the [[petiole (botany)|petiole]] near the base of each leaf. The plantlets drop off, fall in the soil, and take root there. It will also reproduce by [[rhizome]] and by seed propagation. It bears small flowers of various colors, usually brownish-purple to white depending on the cultivar. It has hairy, toothed leaves and a capsule fruit containing spiny seed.
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The plant is also unusual in that it is sometimes diploid and sometimes tetraploid, due to [[Polyploidy|autopolyploidy]].
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The genus was named after the Scottish-Canadian botanist [[William Fraser Tolmie]].
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| image_caption = Tolmiea menziesii amongst Bedstraw
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Tolmiea (named for Dr. Tolmie, surgeon of Hudson Bay Co.). Saxifragaceae. Herbaceous, glandular pubescent, hardy: rhizome scaly: sts. simple: cauline lvs. alternate, radical petioled, cordate-incised-lobate; stipules membranaceous: racemes terminal, slender, simple: fls. rather secund, nodding, green; calyx-tube elongate, funnelform-campanulate, 5-lobed; petals 5, capillary; stamens 3; ovary narrowly oblong, 1-celled: caps. exserted from the calyx, superior, 2-valved, 2-beaked. — One species. Borders and wild-garden.
 
Tolmiea (named for Dr. Tolmie, surgeon of Hudson Bay Co.). Saxifragaceae. Herbaceous, glandular pubescent, hardy: rhizome scaly: sts. simple: cauline lvs. alternate, radical petioled, cordate-incised-lobate; stipules membranaceous: racemes terminal, slender, simple: fls. rather secund, nodding, green; calyx-tube elongate, funnelform-campanulate, 5-lobed; petals 5, capillary; stamens 3; ovary narrowly oblong, 1-celled: caps. exserted from the calyx, superior, 2-valved, 2-beaked. — One species. Borders and wild-garden.
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